From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 22:09:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15451065688 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:09:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phill@sysctl.net) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B8B98FC13 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:09:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phill@sysctl.net) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so1216670eyi.7 for ; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:09:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.104.20 with SMTP id b20mr10714464ebc.127.1220477941685; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.43.4 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:39:01 -0700 From: "Phillip Salzman" To: Kevin In-Reply-To: <000b01c90e0b$eba99b40$c2fcd1c0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <48BEEB55.4050406@madpilot.net> <000b01c90e0b$eba99b40$c2fcd1c0$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:09:17 -0000 I second that FreeBSD is a server OS, but do sympathize with what Dan has mentioned. Opening new audiences of course starts with a quick install on a desktop or laptop. An easy answer would be to put the web-browser and such the first disk, but I don't think it would solve anything. If it kept with those, FreeBSD would find itself just moving towards the same work being done at PC-BSD, wouldn't it? Phillip Salzman On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Kevin wrote: > > The Ubuntu install is very compelling. I am just wishing that FreeBSD > > was AS compelling in its first install experience. At present it is > > far, far behind. > > > > That does not stop ME from preferring FreeBSD, but it stops many other > > people. > > > FreeBSD is primarily a server oriented operating system, while ubuntu is > geared (from a development and design perspective) towards the desktop > market. > > This is the primary reason why you are experiencing this. > > > ~k > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >