From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 28 09:26:55 2009 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 E401B106568A for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:26:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@cpcnw.co.uk) Received: from relay.pcl-ipout02.plus.net (relay.pcl-ipout02.plus.net [212.159.7.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF308FC14 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:26:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@cpcnw.co.uk) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmQLADtp9knUnw4T/2dsb2JhbACBSohwhA3AD4NzBYVt Received: from pih-relay06.plus.net ([212.159.14.19]) by relay.pcl-ipout02.plus.net with ESMTP; 28 Apr 2009 10:26:54 +0100 Received: from [81.174.174.115] (helo=MAIN) by pih-relay06.plus.net with smtp (Exim) id 1LyjaX-0005WA-Hq for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:26:53 +0100 Message-ID: From: "Graham Bentley" To: References: <20090428082247.C8D83106568D@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:26:51 +0100 Organization: Custom PC North West MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Plusnet-Relay: 7d8a4b8cf54f2dba029c027003795149 Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Graham Bentley List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:26:56 -0000 [Sorry Rolf] One of the things I absolutely love about FreeBSD is the 'Minimal Install' option. I can't tell you how fast you can install and boot the base system but its F-A-S-T! Then, I can fetch latest ports and install _what_I_Want_ - not what someone else thinks I *might* want. This gets top marks in my opinion. I guess for desktop users there might be an option "X-Windows + KDE" or Gnome or XFCE and you get base plus X plus GUI ~ there probably is but I never used them at all :) Sorry if this has been said before ;-)