Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 01:15:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Heredity Choice <stork@QNET.COM> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Pierre Robidoux <pierre_robidoux@radio-canada.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Choice of OS Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10010170047190.26123-100000@cello.qnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20001016220331.B626@hades.hell.gr>
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Because if you learn working in one BSD, then all of them will seem > similar to you. I've worked with both FreeBSD and OpenBSD at home, and > have seen a NetBSD installation. I feel that I can install any of the > three on my home box alone. Try doing that with the zillions of Linux > distributions. Most of the Linux distributions have a highly automated install program that doesn't need much human participation. The bad news is that--in my experience--these automatic install programs always hang up on any unusual hardware which the primitive FreeBSD installation can handle. This is not to say that we should be complacent with the present FreeBSD installation program. Apple's OS X is based on FreeBSD. While I haven't seen it I am sure it will have a great installation program and very likely we can hijack it without a lot of work. If the Apple OS X installation program hangs up on oddball hardware--and well it may because the Apple platform does not have anything like the range of hardware available for the PC, then the answer is for FreeBSD to have a choice of two installs, one automated and one primitive. Paul Smith stork@qnet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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