Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 12:18:11 +0000 From: ezekiel motta <ezekielmotta017@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAMGoz4Vus=gQHY4CH2kmaX7Q19GawG084sk1dLvtUEHVa0v=VQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello FreeBSD Foundation Hope you are all doing well. I know nothing about computing, and have never used any other OS except macOS precisely for that reason. I would love to try FreeBSD but I can not since I am an ignoramus on all matters relating to computing. I have watched FreeBSD videos on youtube. I identify with the philosophy of your Foundation. My question is this: why don't you offer a FreeBSD download with a simple installer (With openbox, for instance :) so that people like me can install FreeBSD and use it??????? Is it very difficult? A light desktop environment, like openBOX and FreeBSD ready to go, no more tweaking, terminaling etc) You might say: well, if you want to use FreeBSD you must learn how to use FreeBSD. Well, I don't want to learn because I have other things to do and I am not good at it. I just want to use it. Do I have to be sort of forced to learn X before I can use X? That is absurd. I am just a simple user. You say you subscribe to the principle of simplicity but installing FreeBSD (for non-technical people like myself) is anything but simple, especially when attempting to configure a desktop (I have seen it on youtube). To you it may appear simple, but to me it is not simple at all. I could install NomadBSD/GhostBSD/, but I would prefer to install FreeBSD from the people that have developed FreeBSD. I do not like forks, I think they are a bit parasitical. If you offered a simple installer (download image, burnt it on usb flash drive and install it, done, finito) I believe many many more people would use FreeBSD. This is the only thing that is stopping me from using FreeBSD. I am certain that you have received my requests like this one. I just do not understand why you do not make life much simpler for people like me. Kind regards zeke
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