From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 6 13:28:34 2003 Return-Path: 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 79AA437B401 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:28:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C68F43F3F for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:28:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kitsune@gmx.co.uk) Received: (qmail 28081 invoked by uid 65534); 6 Apr 2003 20:28:31 -0000 Received: from ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net (EHLO fortytwo.) (68.109.49.234) by mail.gmx.net (mp023-rz3) with SMTP; 06 Apr 2003 22:28:31 +0200 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:28:10 -0500 From: kitsune To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030407162810.5442c03c.kitsune@gmx.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200304062132.39199.dgw@liwest.at> References: <20030406172035.GA45332@netpublishing.com> <200304062132.39199.dgw@liwest.at> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Brilliant and very useful for FreeBSD, IMHO X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 20:28:34 -0000 On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 21:32:39 +0200 Daniela wrote: > On Sunday 06 April 2003 19:20, Gregory A. Gilliss wrote: > > This was posted on slashdot.org: > > > > http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0401.tsu.html > > > > I would recommend that *everyone* read this today (Sunday) and ask your- > > selves whether the current FreeBSD distro (4.x or 5.x) meets the goals > > set out by this study? We've all seen the excreta of these and many other > > frustrations in the list archives. Can the FreeBSD core team address > > some of these issues and *market* the results to make FreeBSD a more > > worthwhile upgrade path than *any* Linux distro? I patently hope so! > > > > PLEASE don't give FreeBSD a GUI for installation and system configuration. > If the users want it, make another distribution. > > What I like best in FreeBSD is its user interface. I just love it. Upgrading > the system and installing software from source is so easy (I'm just a > newbie). Sysinstall is really well-designed. It took me less than a day to > get acquainted with the user interface. Please don't change it. > > Regards, > Daniela I agree FreeBSD was my first experience with a unix like OS and sysinstall was very easy to use.