From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 4 3:32:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from brea.mc.mpls.visi.com (brea.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57EEA37B400 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 03:32:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from sheol.localdomain (hawkeyd-fw.dsl.visi.com [208.42.101.193]) by brea.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F4D2DE30C; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 05:32:06 -0600 (CST) Received: (from hawkeyd@localhost) by sheol.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g24BW5g50751; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 05:32:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from hawkeyd) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 05:32:05 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200203041132.g24BW5g50751@sheol.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 Reply-To: hawkeyd@visi.com Organization: if (!FIFO) if (!LIFO) break; References: <20020304181911.C483_osiris.sigterm.com@ns.sol.net> <005201c1c34f$f6b0f730$6f830acf_gdennyj@ns.sol.net> In-Reply-To: <005201c1c34f$f6b0f730$6f830acf_gdennyj@ns.sol.net> From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) Subject: Re: I bought your system and am not so happy! X-Original-Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.questions To: denny@jodeit.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <005201c1c34f$f6b0f730$6f830acf_gdennyj@ns.sol.net>, denny@jodeit.com writes: > X-Note: This E-mail was scanned by Declude JunkMail (www.declude.com) for spam. > > > > >> What parts of the FreeBSD Handbook did you find difficult to follow or >> understand? >> > I'm also a little confused myself. > > First of all, you are bitching to blind ears. > > It's gonna be a shock to you, but you need a clue or 2 before installing > FreeBSD. > > If you went out and bought install CD's to get started, you missed the boat > and should have researched on the web first. I'm not usually an apologist for the clueless myself, and I don't think Adam falls into that group. He did write that he can install Linux, though he didn't mention which Linux. FreeBSD's install (and terminology thereof) is different enough from RedHat's where I could see an RH Linux user becoming confused during the install. RH's default desktop install does indeed put a more ready-to-rock environment on the destination disk - too much so, IMHO, but I prefer FreeBSD's lean-and- mean approach. FreeBSD's sysinstall has been a point of "controversy", and, IIRC, is undergoing some sort of overhaul, though I find it quite acceptable, myself. A reply like yours doesn't do anything to promote FreeBSD, which, in this particular forum, ought to be a consideration in replies. This isn't the hacker's list, after all. Just my two-cents' worth, Dave -- Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message