Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:01:38 +0300 From: Igor Roboul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: beginners with bsd Message-ID: <20001101100138.G10542@linux.rainbow> In-Reply-To: <002201c043cc$ba179170$0204010a@atg.altayer.com>; from helixfish@gmx.net on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:19:40AM %2B0400 References: <200011010546.eA15kIW29672@emu.os2.ami.com.au> <002201c043cc$ba179170$0204010a@atg.altayer.com>
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On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:19:40AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote: > I concur. FreeBSD is not for the faint of heart. You might want to try > Storm Linux or SuSe 7 which are far, far better than RedHat or Mandrake. This is not Linux list, but for easy of use I do not recommend both Storm and RedHat. I never used Mandrake and SuSE (I just cant download SuSE ISO, because it is not avaliable). I have setup Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop2.4 on my girfriend's PC at home. She has Windows on it too, but can use Linux for tasks like reading e-mail or browsing. Caldera's OpenLinux is very easy to install, but FreeBSD is not hard to install too. GUI installation is not same as "easy" installation. So, if he does not need working desktop publishing workstation _NOW_ :-), I still recommend FreeBSD, just wait for 4.2-RELEASE, and ask your friend to help you. But, generally, if I talk about friends, it is better install something, for which you have "live person near you" :-) -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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