From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Feb 4 1:46:13 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5AA37B401 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 01:46:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AF2A43F3F for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 01:46:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott.mitchell@mail.com) Received: from fishballoon.dyndns.org ([80.4.125.54]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20030204094608.ZKMN4529.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.dyndns.org>; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:46:08 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h149jjbO045509; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:45:46 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h149hbuJ031778; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:43:37 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:43:37 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Haikal Saadh Cc: Johnson David , freebsd-advocacy Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD Ready for the Desktop? Message-ID: <20030204094337.GA31580@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <200302031314.41731.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <20030204020619.8031.qmail@web11801.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030204020619.8031.qmail@web11801.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 06:06:19PM -0800, Haikal Saadh wrote: > Just thought I'd get a word in on this. > > Now, I have been able to to convince a few, techincally competent > friends to try freebsd, with a variety of methods, from logical > debate to rating and raving to downright sabotage ('Hey you want to > install linux, here, try this *slips freebsd disc into tray*. > Although this only tends to work with *nix n00bs :) ), There was one > thing that made me reluctant to sneakily put FreeBSD on the machine > of a not really computer-knowledgeable person: The packages that came > with 5.0. Forgive me if I've missed something jumping into this thread so late, but why were you thinking that 5.0 would be good for a not really computer knowledgeable person? Surely 4.7, which is rock-solid stable and comes on a nice 4-CD set with all the packages you could wish for, would have been a better choice? 5.0 may be a release now, but it's not something I'd suggest giving to newbies in its present state. Anyway, just my 2 cents worth... Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message