From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 02:59:31 2004 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 4D92316A4CE for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:59:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D5743D49 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:59:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james@tunasafedolphin.org) Received: from [192.168.0.100] ([68.209.252.201]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.netESMTP <20041013025930.XGVW2413.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[192.168.0.100]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:59:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200410122208.i9CM8pO22252@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200410122208.i9CM8pO22252@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: James Skinner Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:59:23 -0400 To: Jerry McAllister X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: Newton cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer 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: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:59:31 -0000 Sorry about that (not really), but Mac Mail places the reply at the top. Maybe I should use a Leet mail prog like yourself. On Oct 12, 2004, at 6:08 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> > > Geez, another top poster who mangles the flow of the thread!! > > ////jerry > >> Personally, I think the FreeBSD install is incredibly simple. It >> really >> could not be easier, but if you want one that is, try DragonFlyBSD. >> The >> install of that is very, very simple, but you may run into issues with >> certain software packages. >> >> Jamie >> >> On Oct 12, 2004, at 5:45 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >>>> >>>> Dear Friends : I'm a Linux user since 1,999 and I'm really >>>> interested >>>> in >>>> start FreeBSD. OK, it's a new system, different versions and so on. >>>> My >>>> experience with computers started with Basic, after MS-DOS, Windows >>>> and >>>> Linux. When I tried Linux, 5 years-ago, partitions, kde, window >>>> maker >>>> and many of them, were only words. My first fear, was erase my HD. I >>>> did >>>> it many times, but I knew how to start again or recover. I'm writing >>>> these things, cause in these years using Linux, I saw a big >>>> evolution >>>> , >>>> specially the installer. Mandrake, Red Hat, Fedora, Slackware and >>>> another, made a goob job and you can do it , almost without >>>> problems. >>>> But, when I tried FreeBSD installer, I remembered Debian, the worst >>>> installer ! Probably another distributions, like Knoppix, Kurumin , >>>> Gnoppix to name a few, trying to make the life user easiest ! My >>>> first >>>> experience with FreeBSD, was 5.0, with a PC Master, brazilian >>>> magazine. >>>> After many tries, a XFree86 error, when I typed startx, disappointed >>>> me >>>> again and, I forgot it... On the last month, I downloaded the 2 CDs, >>>> 5.2.1, and, the same installer, errors, infinite loops... very >>>> disappointing ! I tried many lists, and with some support,to resolve >>>> or >>>> not, the problems. Again, I format my system and, here I am, with >>>> Windows (mainly for games and a problematic usb scanner) and Linux. >>>> I >>>> need a more stable system. Many people talked me very good about >>>> FreeBSD. For me, until now , the biggest deception ! Please, I don't >>>> know the FreeBSD objectives, but if you would like that more and >>>> more >>>> people can use it, CHANGE this installer. Confuse , in one word ! >>>> Disappointing ! I tried standard, express, custom , all packages, >>>> minimum, all kind of ways... I can't understand a looped install. >>>> Almost >>>> 2 hours after, an error... My video card is recognized , but when >>>> you >>>> did post-install, not ! You tried many XFrre86 configs and not.... >>>> When >>>> something happens and finally you can start KDE or GNOME or another, >>>> DHCP don't run and so on. Please change this installer and trying to >>>> better hardware and network configuration ! Until this, I'll never >>>> tried >>>> FreeBSD again ! Sincerely, Newton - Curitiba - Brazil >>> >>> The nice thing about the installer is that it works. >>> Too bad you will be cutting yourself off from a good system >>> because you will not take the time to learn it. >>> You miss so much in life. >>> >>> ////jerry >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"