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Old 1st April 2011
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2) A user has more control of the package installation in FreeBSD. Neither Debian nor Fedora nor the systems based on these two allow you such control
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There are popular linux distributions that offer a similiar level of control as far as package installation. Have you tried Arch linux or looked at the advanced install options in Debian or Slackware?

This wiki describes a streamline Slackware install. A working slackware system needs the a/ and ap/ sets. http://slackwiki.org/Minimal_System
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