From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 29 20:56:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70C31065672 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:56:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from mta21.charter.net (mta21.charter.net [216.33.127.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69B448FC13 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:56:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from imp11 ([10.20.200.11]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090429205610.DFJH3344.mta21.charter.net@imp11> for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:56:10 -0400 Received: from larry.local ([24.176.106.117]) by imp11 with charter.net id lYw91b00N2Y01io05YwAxM; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:56:10 -0400 Message-Id: <8F3778C3-F0E3-482D-87B6-D6AC5A00A5E8@charter.net> From: Charles Howse To: freebsd-questions In-Reply-To: <20090429195128.GA35383@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:56:09 -0500 References: <20090426194410.c00aaf73.freebsd@edvax.de> <49F4A3D8.3090106@gothic-chat.de> <200904272033.47390.beni@brinckman.info> <20090427211005.GA26754@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <49F6482C.2050302@gothic-chat.de> <1241009760.6993.33.camel@lenzix.cwb.casa> <20090429195128.GA35383@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:56:21 -0000 On Apr 29, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:56:00AM -0300, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi > wrote: > >> hello.... >> >> Well, after all that said, I would like to post my >> modest oppinion based in experience from the market.. >> >> 1) The people who use FreeBSD, or other OS, (the end user) >> will never install the OS, the person will turn on the machine >> and expects an graphical interface appears in the secreen. I'm getting into this late, but I have installed FreeBSD many times, both as a desktop system and as a server. >> 3) the "computer" (computer is the term used by the USER) should >> NEVER break, stop working.... That is: the computer (and the >> Operating >> system) should act as the TV set... (remember those old times when >> the TV set >> used to break???) you turn it on, and it works... All "computers" work...until someone sits down at the keyboard. >> >> 5) A beautifull installer is good for the newspaper that publishes >> a "review" of >> the Operating system (they must publish something to "sell" >> to ...save their job..), >> Have you ever heard about a "Leopard" installer??? do you know >> someone who reinstalled "Leopard"?????? Ummm...you're talking to someone who has installed Panther, Tiger and Leopard, more than once.