Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:34:55 -0600 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: Joaquin Menchaca <linuxuser@finnovative.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any thoughts on Graphical install UI? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050309223030.053d3010@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <4218107A.8050508@finnovative.net>
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At 22:22 2/19/2005, Joaquin Menchaca, wrote: >Hi, > >Many Linux flavors both commericial and free have attractive UIs for=20 >installation and package selection, and even to some degree partitioning=20 >and formatting of hard drives. > >Is there any thought of doing this for FreeBSD? Having an attractive=20 >UI, ala Fedora and/or gentoo would definately help attract more novice=20 >users to the FreeBSD world. > >Just a thought. Don't know if this was discussed before, as I'm a=20 >newbie. :-) > > -- jm The installer for FreeBSD is very configurable. Because of=20 this, it can be daunting for a new user. I've written up a=20 procedure, that when taken step-by-step will get you a running system in minimal time: http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/ Just about everyone complains about sysinstall, but it does work, so there hasn't been much movement there. Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/
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