From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jun 12 9:27:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp010.mail.yahoo.com (smtp010.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6864437B401 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:27:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joel2a@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO star1) (198.252.45.169) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Jun 2001 16:27:10 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010612122122.028f3a90@pop.mail.yahoo.com> X-Sender: joel2a@pop.mail.yahoo.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:29:35 -0400 To: "SILVER, MICHAEL A" From: joel2a@yahoo.com Subject: RE: installation doesn't work right with X and Netscape Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well maybe that install program is good for experts but as a newbie to it I think it needs much more improvement. It needs to be more newbie idiot proof! It should check for package conflicts and package errors. I tried an install containing almost everything and then there were a bunch of error messages during the rebooting from various packages that were not configured right during the install. Joel At 10:50 AM 6/12/01 -0400, you wrote: >I received a BUS error just recently, and it turned out to be bad memory. >Once I took out the offending memory, it worked like a champ. > >I think most people will disagree on some of your points. > >FreeBSD is picky, at least more so than windows 98. I have some cheap >motherboards that work fine with 98 but will cause spontaneous reboots in >FreeBSD. > >FreeBSD shines in the server arena, and less is usually better when talking >about servers. > >As for workstations, I would recommend you try Linux instead. Although I am >not a fan of linux, it offers better hardware support. > >I thought there were several good browsers for Linux/UNIX: Opera, Netscape, >and Konquer (or something like that). Opera is definitely my favorite. > >If there is one thing I would ask the FreeBSD porgrammers to keep, it would >be the install. It is close to perfect. The drive setup can be tough for a >newbie, but otherwise it is a great setup. Who cares if it is graphical. I >have installed Mandrake and Suse linux and hate the installs. They are real >slow and don't allow me to customize the install enough. I don't mind the >install picking default options, but I at least want the ability to change >these. > >When the other install programs leave so much to be desired, I find it funny >you criticize such a good one. > >One complaint I do have about the install, are the keystrokes. They are a >bit awkward when coming from windows. > >Overall, IMO, Windows kills X, at least XFree, Linux kills FreeBSD on the >desktop, FreeBSD kills Windows and Linux for servers. > >...Michael... _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message