Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:30:20 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Socketd <db@traceroute.dk> Cc: mufassa bendover <mamasboy256@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: there must be a better way Message-ID: <20020927143020.GB30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020927.14080400.511518696@rafter.> References: <F102vRxFmNHYusUWglx000080f7@hotmail.com> <20020927.14080400.511518696@rafter.>
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# db@traceroute.dk / 2002-09-27 14:08:04 +0000:
> On 9/27/02, 8:42:23 AM, "mufassa bendover" <mamasboy256@hotmail.com> wrote
> regarding there must be a better way:
>
> > to the FreeBSD people:
> > I wanted to use your product but i had to back off. Do you know
> > why? This is because you guys make it so complicated to operate
> > that when an UNIX newbie wants to use your product (which is a good
> > thing)he usually 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
in practical life cdroms are mounted by typing "mount /cdrom"
> Have you never considered spending a little money on a book? Something
> like:
> "FreeBSD an Open-source operating system for your personal computer"
yes, this one might be for you.
> > 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
Install Linux if you want to show off before your peers.
I'm a FreeBSD newbie very much myself (not a teenager though), and
I consider FreeBSD to be user friendly enough to use it as my sole
operating system. Given this fact the system cannot be that bad.
Usability is in the eyes of the beholder.
> Did you never consider that FreeBSD is a server system?
bah. FreeBSD is just as good desktop as server system.
> What will FreeBSD gain by getting 1000 teenage users?
> If you want a user-friendly, grafical, non-server, desktop OS, you may
> 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
> system, just to make it more userfriendly. I like FreeBSD the way it is,
> 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 like
> you are looking for a server system, so chose a different OS or spend
> some time getting to know this cool OS.
FreeBSD is *IMO* a much better desktop than any Linux (this doesn't
mean it's perfect).
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