From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 27 7: 3:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6741537B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp010.tiscali.dk (smtp010.tiscali.dk [212.54.64.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72ED143E42 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:03:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from db@traceroute.dk) Received: from rafter. (213.237.112.252.adsl.arsy.worldonline.dk [213.237.112.252]) by smtp010.tiscali.dk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g8RE3WnV013643; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:03:32 +0200 (MEST) From: Socketd Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:08:04 GMT Message-ID: <20020927.14080400.511518696@rafter.> Subject: Re: there must be a better way To: mufassa bendover , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; StarOffice/5.2;Linux) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/27/02, 8:42:23 AM, "mufassa bendover" wro= te=20 regarding there must be a better way: > to the FreeBSD people: > I wanted to use your product but i had to back off.=20 Ok >Do you know why? No > This is because you guys make it so complicated to operate that when a= n > UNIX newbie wants to use your product (which is a good thing)he usuall= y > backs away when he sees very complicated stuffs and functions. > EXAMPLE: > Who in the earth would want to memorize this whole thing just to mount= > a cdrom in practical life... > %mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /usr/mnt/cdrom Have you never considered spending a little money on a book? Something=20 like: "FreeBSD an Open-source operating system for your personal computer" or "FreeBSD Unleashed"? Maybe, just maybe, it is you there is something wrong with, not the=20 system. Btw, to make mounting easier: Add "/dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0" to /etc/fstab. From now on you can just write "mount /cdrom" or you can = get a daemon to mount everything for you automatically when you need it.= > So my Question is WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO COME OUT WITH A DIST > IN WHICH TOUSANDS OF TEENEGERS WILL ATTRACT...NOT REJECT? Dont you > you people should consider the newbies too How much did you pay for FreeBSD?=20 Did you never consider that FreeBSD is a server system? What will FreeBSD gain by getting 1000 teenage users? If you want a user-friendly, grafical, non-server, desktop OS, you may=20 take a look at MS windows or Linux SuSE/red hat. I would really hate it = if the FreeBSD maintainers put more in the default kernel and base=20 system, just to make it more userfriendly. I like FreeBSD the way it is,= =20 it is powerful, stable, relatively secure and have a great performance, = it is a really good server system (just ask Yahoo!). I doesn't sound lik= e=20 you are looking for a server system, so chose a different OS or spend=20 some time getting to know this cool OS. Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message