Linux "equivalent" to freebsd

[Patrick Bowen]

Patrick Bowen wrote:
> mailing-lists at msdi.ca wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry this question is a little off-topic...
>>
>> We've been using Freebsd for many years and all of our servers are 
>> running
>> freebsd.
>>
>> The only thing that is a pain with freebsd, is poor commercial 
>> support :(
>>
>> We are running in a situation where a customer needs Zend platform 3
>> (http://www.zend.com/products/zend_platform) which won't be available 
>> for
>> freebsd until the end of the year...
>>
>> So I will need to setup a machine with linux.
>>
>> I don't know much about linux distributions, could someone recommend 
>> one to
>> me please.
>>
>> We are looking for a platform that will support amd64 extensions, 
>> will act
>> as a console only server and that has a good way to install ports and
>> upgrade. We want something secure and stable. We don't wanna go with 
>> Redhat
>> or any commercial distribution.
>>
>> I really like the cvsup/make install/portupgrade way of dealing with
>> software installation and updates and I am looking for something 
>> equivalent
>> on a linux distribution.
>>
>> Could you recommend a distribution you are using in production, we've 
>> check
>> ubuntu, fedora and Debian, but I wonder what freebsd users recommend...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
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>
> Take a look at Slackware.
>
> http://www.slackware.com
>
> Patrick
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Sorry, my bad. Slackware doesn't support amd64 extensions. However, 
there is a  an unofficial port of Slackware to amd64 at 
http://slamd64.com/home.html.

Patrick