From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 6 05:11:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA08959 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 05:11:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hammer.ipaper.com (hammer.ipaper.com [206.98.137.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA08955 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 05:11:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from capriotti@geocities.com) Received: from com-pipp01 (node65.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.65]) by hammer.ipaper.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA16587 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 07:12:29 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980106111025.0068aeec@pop.mpc.com.br> X-Sender: capriotti@pop.mpc.com.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 11:10:25 -0200 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Capriotti Subject: X based Free installation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hey, folks. Is there any plan to make a X based installation for FreeBSD ? I've been thinking: It could make things easyer for those ppl - like me - who have in-depth WINDOS background. Of course further details like "Do you want this machine to be an NFS Server ?" or "Do you want this machine to be an NFS Client ?" and other may still bbe a problem, but this is another step. I was VERY frustrated when I first tryed to install Free (Back to 2.1 version) and I just couldn't, because it wouldn't recognize my IDE CD-ROM drive, and there was no clue why... then, when I was able to get the CD working (long time and several attempts latter), I got very confused about those new and hermetic concepts, info and language. And I was not exactly a rookie. Today's instasllation (2.2.1) is a bit better, more user friendly, but I guess it can get better.