From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 11:55:34 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D257F16A407 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:55:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net) Received: from smtp102.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8117413C44C for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:55:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 42636 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2007 11:28:52 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=skLcCZNnGnmky3aYhzgQOs20n28Nr6HmXwiVvK+tJkfJHctgXPeFFVrAQ2jyqQmyGZldCkTRgr49KtZel7211Upjggq+HqzjgRMLQaICbFlF8avNNwsHWzVWSVcRPzF7iBzWDKJjYk5UIHN5+qGuuOGR216Bv7hyM7LKj8qXOEw= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.3?) (wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net@70.142.248.62 with plain) by smtp102.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Jan 2007 11:28:51 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: VnvpIRsVM1kA4jjLKJm5LlNBkh.crM3mTlDiJ5fOQ4J7eZoC9ZxIZ84mwldmbjxodoN2eFqoMslAeLvdewiy08MLSBZitXdZsM_J.ZzFiNKILwhYVwvq_f7BRJaeD80ZIhZ609RyTMa.7zqnb4FQoiBb0BTscf9Uf45aO5zVCLq_sTJ4by.7Nz_1UZkE Message-ID: <459CE4F2.2000108@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:28:50 -0600 From: Robert C Wittig User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070103211426.GA60153@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installer vs RedHat Linux Fedora Core 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: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:55:34 -0000 Sunnz wrote: > Perhaps the stability of FBSD has led to the infrequent use of the > installer for (re)installation. Think about it: if you are using the > installer frequent enough to worry about how it look like, what are > you doing? Reinstalling your OS every several months? > Personally, I prefer the FreeBSD and OpenBSD installers to the more GUI-type installers used by Microsoft. Initially, I had to do some Googling, and studying up, to learn the installation procedures, the various options available, which options were best for which types of installs, etc. After that was done, I had a nice little spiral notebook with a bunch of hand-written notes, and a nice pile of URLs to refer to, as needed. This is the UNIX way... once the OS is installed, one is still going to still have to understand the ins and outs of the operating system, the LAN, TCP/IP, etc., and learn enough about C/C++, shell scripting, and correct syntax in general, to edit their config files in vi, and understand the man pages. Making the installer any 'easier' to use than the operating system itself is to run and administer, seems pointless. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/