Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:51:53 -0500 From: Michael Grommet <mgrommet@isiar.net> To: "'CKimmerl@SARCOM.COM'" <CKimmerl@SARCOM.COM>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: "easy installation"!!!!! yeah right Message-ID: <7011ACE3864AD31183E50008C7FA081F01D52D@ISIMAIN>
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Ok, so let me get this straight... you insult the group, the OS, and one of the most respected members of the group, and you expect help in return? BSD/Linux takes a spirit for adventure. If you don't have this, go back to your windows software as you will not be happy with either one. Unix and unix-like operating systems will require you to actually learn how things work and why. You will be rewarded by added stability, speed, and most of all, the satisfaction that you are wiser for the experience. If you are the type of person who is interested in this arrangement, then feel free to post intelligent,non-belligerent questions to this list and you might be suprised at how friendly and helpful people can really be, especially when they have a genuine love for the operating system. If not, then thats fine too. However, I believe you owe the group, and Greg especially, a very sincere apology. Mike Grommet Unix Systems Admin / Web Developer Internet Solutions, Inc. mgrommet@insolwwb.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of CKimmerl@SARCOM.COM Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 10:31 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "easy installation"!!!!! yeah right You people are so far into this stuff that you don't know what "easy" means anymore. I tried to install FreeBSD 3.3 last night. It was the most difficult install I've ever seen. Problems? How would I know- I never knew what it was doing. It installed, I just didn't know what. It is so geared towards unix experienced geeks that a person unfamiliar with Unix is totally lost. Microsoftcopy sucks but they've got no competition from unix yet. No one can understand it and unix people can't make it understandable. I picked stuff from the menu, but the interface sucked so bad I wasn't sure what I had installed. I was so pissed that I erased it. I chose FreeBSD over Linux because it is supposed to be more stable, but only a hacker geek can install this OS. I'll try Linux, maybe it will be more easily understood. Greg Lehay's book was useless- it was so far up in geek land it was amazing. Of course, what can you expect from a guy who speaks 3 languages and went to school for chemistry, etc. He can't write beginner books, that's for sure. Throughout the entire installation I found myself wondering how anybody figures this shit out. I'd appreciate any "PRACTICAL" help as I do not want to give up on FreeBSD. Sincerely, -ChadK chadk@freewwweb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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