Date: 18 Sep 2000 12:23:39 +0200 From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: From a newbie standpoint Message-ID: <8q4qfb$108t$1@ganerc.mips.inka.de> References: <007401c020ee$256364b0$78ab30cf@wildthink001>
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Robert Hicks <rhicks@rma.edu> wrote: > From a newbie standpoint FreeBSD needs a graphical installation routine Please explain to me why it needs to be graphical. In particular, why flickering 60Hz standard VGA graphics mode is better than 70Hz non-flickering standard VGA text mode. I'm apparently awfully dense, but I simply can't grasp what advantages a graphical installation offers over a curses-based one (nor what a curses-based one offers over a simple prompt system). > that walks a newbie through setting up the system. I'm under the impression that a novice installation does just this. Of course, you do realize that FreeBSD is a unix system which, once it is installed, needs a skilled administrator? When I started out with unix, I was told you needed ten years of experience to be qualified for system administration. No matter whether you believe in that estimate, systems have not become any simpler since. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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