From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 31 23: 1:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 537AC37B4C5 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:01:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA44512 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:25:17 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.1/8.10.0) id eA171cI14948 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:01:38 +0300 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:01:38 +0300 From: Igor Roboul To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: beginners with bsd Message-ID: <20001101100138.G10542@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200011010546.eA15kIW29672@emu.os2.ami.com.au> <002201c043cc$ba179170$0204010a@atg.altayer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <002201c043cc$ba179170$0204010a@atg.altayer.com>; from helixfish@gmx.net on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:19:40AM +0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:19:40AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote: > I concur. FreeBSD is not for the faint of heart. You might want to try > Storm Linux or SuSe 7 which are far, far better than RedHat or Mandrake. This is not Linux list, but for easy of use I do not recommend both Storm and RedHat. I never used Mandrake and SuSE (I just cant download SuSE ISO, because it is not avaliable). I have setup Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop2.4 on my girfriend's PC at home. She has Windows on it too, but can use Linux for tasks like reading e-mail or browsing. Caldera's OpenLinux is very easy to install, but FreeBSD is not hard to install too. GUI installation is not same as "easy" installation. So, if he does not need working desktop publishing workstation _NOW_ :-), I still recommend FreeBSD, just wait for 4.2-RELEASE, and ask your friend to help you. But, generally, if I talk about friends, it is better install something, for which you have "live person near you" :-) -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message