From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 09:26:15 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43D0816A4CE for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:26:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE72E43D64 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:26:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (c-66-41-157-209.mn.client2.attbi.com [66.41.157.209]) (authenticated bits=0)j0G9PZR0055441; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 03:25:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) In-Reply-To: <000601c4fb96$79575810$640aa8c0@XPH01> References: <000601c4fb96$79575810$640aa8c0@XPH01> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-1-858825360" Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 03:26:00 -0600 To: Lyn Robie X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.0.2 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on grog.secure-computing.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 Install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:26:15 -0000 --Apple-Mail-1-858825360 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Jan 16, 2005, at 12:41 AM, Lyn Robie wrote: > Rarely have I found such an amateurish installation procedure. It's > obvious you guys are hard put to find anyone competent in the user > interfaces. And after such snobbishly rave reviews for FreeBSD on the > web I was expecting better. I installed on an HP533 I386 with the X > Developer package and then discover that the kernel doesn't include > the drivers needed for the Intel 845 graphics chip. Ahem. Not > exactly the rarest beast in the jungle. It's perfectly clear to me > that you guys are not into winning converts from the Linux camp. I > suppose you can draw some cold comfort from knowing your distro > installation is so obscure and bugridden that no one outside of the > few grizzled old graybeard unix administrators will be able to make a > system run. Looks like you're destined for the same 550 file on my server as mr/ms/it freebsd0101@aol.com... Have a nice day! _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson --Apple-Mail-1-858825360 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkHqMygACgkQRAAY9knOW+oEZgCfSDNLZhdOf+x5ei+onV34Dqn7 ZhoAni8KbqsEfkWOitGPPfiLjJm+7rzS =g+7m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-1-858825360--