From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 11 19:48:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org 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 8D35316A420 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:48:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F0EC43D49 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:48:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C42E62D2; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:48:08 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17114-01; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:48:03 -0600 (CST) Received: by makeworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C0CB962B9; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:48:03 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E4D6180; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:48:03 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:48:03 -0600 (CST) From: Chris To: warren schreiner In-Reply-To: <4374EB8F.5070605@talon.net> Message-ID: <20051111134704.B24678@makeworld.com> References: <4374EB8F.5070605@talon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - FreeBSD:The Power To Serve Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What have you done X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:48:10 -0000 On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, warren schreiner wrote: > well I've been using friends for over 15 years started with the first > release. Over the yeas I have loved what you people did with the os and how > stable. I have also relied on the use of xwindows to get some tasks > performed in a quick and easy. > > I currently run 4.6 and loved the kde and xwindows (XFree86). However, I now > have version 4.7, 4.11, 5.4, and now 6.0 and what the sam hill have you guys > done with the easy install of xwindows. > > xorgconfg does not show all the cards, went to install gftp used the ports > but the machine ask to go to internet to get additional files. What gives, > you took an easy thing and mucked it up. kde3.3 and 3.4 does not act as well > as 3.0 and i cant get the resolution up over 800x600. > > I tried to install xfree86 as suggested in the documentation but it does the > make install but it does not install all the files. > > come on do you want me to go to red hat. > > you need to clean up the release so that novice users can install and you the > most powerful and stable os's that exist. > > thanks > > warren schreiner To put it bluntly sam hill - yer an idiot that refuses to read documentation that users worked very hard on. Not to mention reading the FAQ and the Handbook. Best regards, Chris The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.