Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:53:14 -0700 From: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Contributing to FreeBSD (was: userland firewall ?) Message-ID: <005501c13644$660ba600$14ce21c7@avatar.com> In-Reply-To: <005901c135e6$2f979ce0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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> > >I must admit, though, that Linux is a little bit easier (friendlier) to > >install for the non-unix hackers. That may have a lot do to with > it. Maybe > >we, the FBSD community, can learn a little from that. > > > > That is a catch-22. If more people used FreeBSD then there > would be more developers some of which would be writing pretty front ends. > > If your going to blame the market share on the lack of a pretty > installer then > your setting up a circular logic argument, which by definition is invalid. > While there's no question that the lack of a pretty installer drives some > people away, neither is there proof that it is a major factor. There are > reasons, like the AT&T thing, that aren't circular. (although they are > certainly irrelevant now) > It doesn't have to be pretty, it just have to be able to handle reasonable defaults. I haven't looked into this deep enough to see if this is possible or not. I think it some situations is may be, in others it may not. I just made a comment that the linux install is "less intimidating" than FBSD install. 9 out of 10 people I know what have gotten sick and tired of windows (and Macs) went with Linux because they felt it is easier to install and manage. These are just MY observations and they may be skewed. Kory To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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