From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 25 8:42:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DF5114BCD for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:41:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11fmFc-0003W4-00; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:41:36 +0100 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA66912; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:41:36 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:41:36 +0100 (BST) From: J McKitrick To: CKimmerl@SARCOM.COM Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "easy installation"!!!!! yeah right In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wow, what a flame. I'm no unix geek, i just migrated from linux because i also wanted the stability, but frankly, if you don't want to roll up your sleeves and get down-and-dirty with OS stuff, maybe you should consider Caldera or Mandrake Linux. I don't say that as a put-down or anything, it just seems that maybe a ready-to-use distro would suit your needs better. Linux offers a great deal of stability right now, and if you really don't see what freebsd has to offer maybe it's because you don't need it. Frankly, if i had had any serious problems whatsoever, i was going to run screaming back to mandrake 6.1. But i was lucky. I still have no zip support, no sound, and no good wordprocessor, but i'm also a CIS student and i like fooling around with this OS. If you DON'T like fooling around with an OS, go back to Linux. If it comes down to an installation procedure souring your taste on alternative-to-MS OS's, then the choice is clear to me: go with what works for you. I started on Linux THEN moved. That's usually the recommended route. -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message