Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 01:29:12 -0700 From: Jimmy Huang <jimmyh@skat.usc.edu> To: nate@sneezy.sri.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD install Message-ID: <199509020829.BAA24804@skat.usc.edu> References: <3tk1r3$l8o@news1.halcyon.com> <gk6GFrW00YUwADPEIh@andrew.cmu.edu> <3vlva1$bdl@helena.mt.net> <3vv5c5$ipg@globe.indirect.com> <408eks$25r@helena.MT.net>
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In comp.os.linux.development.system you write: [nate@sneezy.sri.com] >In defense of the FreeBSD tools, I suspect part of the difficulty in >installations was because of the familiarity with the Linux installation >tools. Heck, I have a harder time with the new FreeBSD tools since I'm >used to the 1.X series, but new users tend to find them much easier to >use. People who are biased towards a particular install will almost >always find them more difficult. very true. >I suspect that *most* people don't have the space for emacs as a default >editor. very true. To fix that have micro-emacs handy somewhere in the /freebsd/bin/bin.aa stuff. Sorry about not having the details. But they're on a CD I can't mount and I don't want to reboot from freeBSD yet ;-) >Again, most people don't have the space for *ALL* packages to be >installed. However, if you are truly interested in providing >constructive criticism to make the tools better, send email to >hackers@FreeBSD.org. They could certainly use some fresh eyes looking >at the tools since we're all a little bit biased on what we expect to >see. I got the CD-ROM. The 2.0.5 Stuff. And the hierarchy needs to be better for people who can only access their CD-ROM's through DOS cuz you don't have a compatible CDrom driver. For example. I'm assuming that the distrib directory contains all the "necessary" stuff. and the "packages" directory contains all the neat stuff. So the /distrib/bin and /distrib/"XSTUFF" is fine. What's all that other cruft in the distrib directory that have no text files describing them??? the packages directory is fine, except all the files are *really* at packages/All. (kind of annoying). I think it should be the other way around. Also the documentation is wrong. You need to copy the files into c:\freebsd\bin and c:\freebsd\floppies etc etc. The command given copies them into c:\freebsd ... This was in some file labeled "INSTALL" I think I should be Complaining to Walnut Creek about this. But their full satisfaction gaurantee involves me having to return the CD's!!! I don't want to do that... Oh, also where's szrz? couldn't find that. Hmm. what else? You need a way to configure a loopback dummy network device easily. PPP here at my school is dynamic, so I left some stuff blank. It's giving me error messages (okay, don't have to answer that one. I'm dead positive it's in the FAQs somewhere on the CD ;-). The route and ifconfig look different. But it also looks way different in SunOS and Solaris too, heh (nevermind). Oh. You need a sample .tvtwmrc file for your tvtwm package. That's all I can think of for now. Jimmy, was w/ Linux, will be a BSD convert for next couple of weeks for testing purposes ;-). btw, BSD's virtual Memory rulz over Linux. It's kind of funny, I always expected stuff to compile easier on BSD machines, cuz the stuff I use was originally written on them or a Sun station. But some source have been ported around sssoo much that it will no longer compile on FreeBSD w/out some major regressive tweaking (heheheh). Also, you're install program is way way better (orders of magnitude) than what it was 4 years ago, when I tried freebsd and linux the first time and chose linux cuz I couldn't figure it out.
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