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On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 10:19:26AM +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> > Sorry I really do not understand what is your point. For me the main
> > difference between linux and freebsd is documentation.
> > FreeBSD is very well documented project , as far as I know there is no
> > such beast as well documented linux distro :)
> > For me FreeBSD community was (and still is) very helpful and never with
> > attitude RTFM.
> > If you consider my mail with examples and steps how to accomplish all
> > that you asked for as RTFM attitude I just do not know what to say.
> 
> Sorry for being a little abrasive... my main point is we should aim
> for more of a "point and click" style of doing things... apple and ms
> have done it pretty well for the average case.

If FreeBSD doesn't meet your needs, why don't you use OS X or Windows?
If they don't meet your needs perfectly, have you asked them to make
changes to the underlying system and philosophy in order to better
meet your needs?

Erik