From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 21:23:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59508106566B for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:23:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh3.interactivevillages.com (ca.2e.7bae.static.theplanet.com [174.123.46.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1999C8FC15 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:23:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh3.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4gOD-0000gu-Gd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:23:50 -0400 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:23:48 -0700 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:23:48 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd general questions Message-ID: <20110329212348.GI2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd general questions References: <20110329144527.c009ba8b.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <20318_1301430722_4D9241C2_20318_86_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BD354C76@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110329204501.GH2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <0148AA41-E800-477F-94BF-2D27E864053F@adelaide.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0148AA41-E800-477F-94BF-2D27E864053F@adelaide.edu.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh3.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:23:53 -0000 --DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth William Brown on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: >=20 > On 30/03/2011, at 07:15, Chip Camden wrote: >=20 > >> So what do you recommend as my first desktop BSD distro? What desktop= BSD distro is so easy to use that even Paris Hilton or Jessica "Chicken of= the Sea" Simpson can handle it? > >=20 > > To each their own, but I wouldn't want a system that Paris Hilton could > > handle any more than I'd want a vehicle that a four-year-old can drive. >=20 > There is something to be said for the keep it simple principle however.= =20 >=20 Yes, but "keep it simple" need not mean "do everything for you." Often, a simpler design means more choices, and more choices means more responsibility and more steps to completion. --=20 =2Eo. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.o | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com ooo | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNkk3kAAoJEIpckszW26+RUyIIAJbS/tS4c14t7nQunn4UNfdJ VRnkNtDvNu3SKLFDxfxaEK6Thzot9Q3rRCLLOKjwyqMsuatz98xK1Tp+5xl0zPmA tNyjGoIkc5OVypr4GBpmzA5Yjs7CJzRRruMuM9TVswytzdbOW56f2wTy/nfMdfaU 2dOpOz89zEtxpLHRDuqiEqY+meNWeLEvWShhNyH2al6adZ+XuJOK41Z/6dZMfmFn x9PUM/9qncfgrD3YxD/68UenCaGJ3GD+slutXhgc1NZHGl7W6SIgyYL/Ljt6AA7m ktP2iqzd9Bo6zqk/GkJWBnAAyPvI45sgk+qHarr0T4stGXfSiyM2QOyvLWhKDNs= =jp5m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DwoPkXS38qd3dnhB--