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<P><FONT SIZE=2>FreeBSD has also trimmed down its default daemons massively (ssh only</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>as it stands).. OpenBSD is indeed very minimalistic but it is a bit</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on the slow side for a couple reasons. One being the encryption it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>utilizes for everything.. And two being that they support so many</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>platforms with not very many developers that it's hard to optimize</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>one in particular. I personally use OpenBSD and FreeBSD (have not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>used NetBSD in about 4 years, so I can't comment on it).. I guess it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>depends what you're looking for.. You can get pretty minimalistic</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with FreeBSD (it is by default) but still have a wider variety of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>things that you COULD install if you wanted to (via ports) and most</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>likely a faster system overall.. But if you're just looking for a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>bare bones nothing fancy installation such as a firewall etc, they'd</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>both do a good job, but i'd probably recommend OpenBSD. It seems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that firewalls are its most popular application after all :)..</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>- -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: David S. [<A HREF="mailto:dgjs@acm.org">mailto:dgjs@acm.org</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 5:01 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: John d</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: buug@weak.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [buug] clean install wanted</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> man...where is it setting my aliass?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The line</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>eval `dircolors -b`</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>in '/etc/profile' does it.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I just want a bare bones *minimal* system...nothing that doesn't</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> need to be set or be there!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> any suggestions?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>For a "minimal" system, try OpenBSD or NetBSD.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>David S.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>dgjs@acm.org</FONT>
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