Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:17:40 -0700 From: John Armstrong <siberian@siberian.org> To: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> Cc: "'freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Message-ID: <v0421011bb3c2566d7fa8@[216.112.76.84]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990726125007.25327F-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990726125007.25327F-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
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Yup, but its doesnt say : 'Hello Mr. Linux user, would you like me to make you feel at home'. Its a compromise between excessive customization without user notification and the current situation ( which I personally like ) of installing and assuming nothing extraneous. I was just trying to put out an intermediate ground between Radu's extremism and the FreeBSD culture. John- At 12:50 PM -0500 7/26/99, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: >On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, John Armstrong wrote: > > > install FreeBSD it says 'Do you want to configure this as an NFS > > server?' 'Do you want to configure this as an NFS client' etc we may > > want to have it say 'Would you like me to install Tools familiar to > > Linux users?' > >Isn't that what "Would you like to install additional software packages >now?" is for? > >-Jeremy > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------- People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit. - Talking Heads To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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