From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 20:23:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD1C106564A; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:23:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (pancho.soaustin.net [76.74.250.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 862408FC14; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:23:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 630E5563D7; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 14:23:26 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 14:23:26 -0600 From: Mark Linimon To: H Message-ID: <20120303202326.GA4940@lonesome.com> References: <4F4ED889.2070608@FreeBSD.org> <4F500BB9.4040307@FreeBSD.org> <4F5088CA.1090108@FreeBSD.org> <4F510FBD.50008@FreeBSD.org> <4F513B2D.6010809@FreeBSD.org> <4F5148A7.4080408@FreeBSD.org> <4F51BDDA.3020602@hm.net.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F51BDDA.3020602@hm.net.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , Andriy Gapon Subject: Re: flowtable usable or not X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:23:32 -0000 On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 03:44:42AM -0300, H wrote: > nobody want to read, they want a desktop nothing else, something silly > and easy to read email and write docs and surf on the net, listen to a > CD, they need to put a cd into the drive, running install process, > reboot, using, nothing else and such a thing ... we do not have I really recommend this class of users investigate PC-BSD. It works "right out of the box" (all the type of work you are frustrated with has already been done, and is part of their release process). To my view, comparing FreeBSD to Ubuntu is apples-to-oranges. A much better point of comparison is PC-BSD to Ubuntu. I can't speak to whether or not PC-BSD will meet all your needs, but it is much more oriented to users than stock FreeBSD. mcl