Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 17:23:33 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Hendriks <markh@lon.imag.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your program is looking really shitty Message-ID: <200001250123.RAA28587@superman.imag.net>
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>Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 20:18:54 >To: Raymond Brighenti <bargi@webfront.net.au> >From: Mark Hendriks <markh@lon.imag.net> >Subject: Re: your program is looking really shitty > >At 05:56 PM 1/24/00 +1100, you wrote: >>Pull your head in and go back install Windows on the computer if that isn't >>to hard for you > >If this idiot can't even get FreeBSD installed on his computer, the only way >he'll be able to go back to Windows is if he created a new partition for FreeBSD >without wiping out his Windows partition. People who complain about how hard it >is to install Linux/FreeBSD have *no idea* how hard it is to install Windows on >a computer. Windows users are very lucky that it comes installed on just about >any computer you buy. > >I recently helped someone reinstall Windows98 on her computer. Things got messed >up because her son is constantly installing and uninstalling new games, and a lot >of newer games want to install their own drivers for everything. If you have all >PCI devices, and you only have devices for which Microsoft has the drivers on the >Windows CD, then things will probably go somewhat smoothly. This will not be the >case for most people. This woman I mentioned is fairly computer literate >herself, and she still needed me there to help her with the reinstall. > >When people bitch about how "hard" it is to install FreeBSD, tell them to wipe >out their hard disk, and try to reinstall Windows. Some of them will get the >point. The rest are just whiners the FreeBSD community can do without - and >you'll have the pleasure of knowing that person more than likely had to bring >their computer back to the store where they got it. > >>At 01:31 PM 14/01/00 -0800, you wrote: >>> From the start of thing I wanted to try a Unix platform out, >>>so I tried linux different flavors, all crap to me >>>I try Fbsd out "hay this looks pretty nice, put to gether with a little >>>more thought," >>>Well the father I get into playing with it the more this shit sucks. >>>I buy the cdrom v.3.3 of fbsd, all go well, compiling the kernel works >>>unlike linux, so I was very happy to say the least. >>>no I try to up grade, fine that turn out to be a crock of shit, not going >>>into details. >>>this makes me made, well think that it must be me, I format install the >>>basic install, >>>then cvsup upgrade again that go ok, hay I just upgraded the same fucking >>>version how nice. >>>well fuck this, >>>download and install 3.3 since I have no access to the site for 3.4 or all >>>fucken links are broken, >>>so I them try to install some packages from the net, error out the ass >>>downloads the file then error depends failed yada yada, >>>I really fill for the money I spent I got Shit and a lot of it, >>>the files the book that come with the os say to use this file on the cd >>>and the isn't even their, >>>that was ok with me because I could fine other was around the issue. >>>but this crape of the MAIN freebsd.org site doesn't have the file to >>>download on 1 of the 6 sites in the mirrored use does, Hmmm >>>At least NWx and Ms$ don't have shit links and fails advertisement as you do. >>>I have seen more failures with this os then with NT or Novell, >>>and to top it off install as you say sucks, but real os's at least win you >>>pay for the one that have to support the os at least make a products that >>>installs right and they back the installations better then I have seen hear. >>> >>>I would be nice to run something that works like all the claims state. >>> >>>-space >> >> >> >> >>==================================== >>Clothes do make the man. >>Naked people have little or no influence on society. >>==================================== >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ bogh tlhInganpu', SuvwI'pu' moj, Hegh - "Klingons are born, live as warriors, then die." source: The Klingon Way, Mark Okrand, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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