From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 16 09:14:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA08119 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:14:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA08112 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:14:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA01226; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710161613.JAA01226@rah.star-gate.com> To: jack cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: install feature 8) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:55:10 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:13:55 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I think that it would be nice to have an install express button with two flavors : with X and no X. No sources just the binaries if it finds the disk on the system it just installs FreeBSD regardless of what was on the disk. Cheers, Amancio >From The Desk Of jack : > On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Atipa wrote: > > > (snip, snip, ...) > > > > > Because FreeBSD is easier than Linux to install on a non-Internet > > > computer, > > > > (snip, snip, ...) > > > > Come on, guys. I hate seeing the "good guys" stoop to the level of the > > competition. Tim's statement is very opinionated, with about as much > > substantiation as Linux's 6 million users. > > > > We need to stay away from arbitrary, opinionated comments like the above. > > I personally feel Linux's installation is easier than FreeBSD's, > > especially Red Hat Linux. Slackware is not bad either. > > Guess it's all a matter of opinion. I found Slackware a total PITA to > install. Mainly because it couldn't be installed over the net and that > you couldn't just start it and walk away. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or > jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html > #include for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >