From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 3 9:15:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rdc2.occa.home.com (ha1.rdc2.occa.home.com [24.2.8.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A76153B4 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:15:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbettle@criterion-group.com) Received: from criterion-group.com ([24.5.44.161]) by mail.rdc2.occa.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id <19990803161505.MVLD3787.mail.rdc2.occa.home.com@criterion-group.com>; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:15:05 -0700 Message-ID: <37A71646.AA00E9A0@criterion-group.com> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 09:18:14 -0700 From: Roy Bettle X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Gill Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tetris! (RE: basic info on freebsd needed...) References: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------7D8B481B4CC73D58270BE6A5" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7D8B481B4CC73D58270BE6A5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The thing I love about the install that I have NEVER seen with any other NOS (pre-2.x Linux, WinNT, Novell and LANTastic) is the ability to troubleshoot IRQ/DMA/etc. conflicts BEFORE you begin the install. MAN! That was cool. As for Tetris, I would like to know how to get it running during the install. Actually, nevermind ... what I REALLY need to do is keep reading the manual ... :-| RAB James Gill wrote: > -> In a nutshell, I inserted the CD, booted the machine, answered about a > -> dozen questions, then played Tetris until I saw a message > -> saying that the > -> install was complete (yes - Tetris is included in the install program to > -> allow users to kill time while it copies files and compiles the kernel). > -> The whole procedure took less than half an hour and was so amazingly > -> simple I couldn't believe it. For users looking for a stable, reliable > -> and easy-to-install OS for their desktop, I definitely > -> recommend Caldera's > -> OpenLinux. I think that anyone considering tackling the > -> desktop OS market > -> would do well to examine this installation procedure. > -> > > ha! that's a riot! imagine the reaction of someone who is trying UNIX for > the first time, expecting a lot of confusing work and ....tetris! > > i have not "set up" x in FreeBSD, but only installed it on one machine ... > it was NOT hard, really simple even (through /stand/sysinstall) to put in > x/enlightenment. (though, never having been in an x environment before, > once i got into it it was kind of confusing) > > my $.02 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message --------------7D8B481B4CC73D58270BE6A5 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="rbettle.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Roy Bettle Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rbettle.vcf" begin:vcard n:Bettle;Roy tel;work:(949) 452-1203 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.criterion-group.com org:Criterion Group, Inc. version:2.1 email;internet:rbettle@criterion-group.com title:President note:Businesses that depend on computers, depend on us. adr;quoted-printable:;;26895 Aliso Creek Road=0D=0ASuite B404;Aliso Viejo;CA;92656;USA fn:Bettle, Roy end:vcard --------------7D8B481B4CC73D58270BE6A5-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message