From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 11:51:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BCAE16A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:51:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA87C43D31 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:51:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sander.vesik@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j1so279214rnf for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:51:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=CDZwQou5OTjrIFhRcTxixh/RiA9wuH71/tRjzayV/dEokP3BpqIsbMgQ/aWNKw6C0CPEFu4hMTGFueGQ1o4dBOTAD1pK87plZi6MyfiSQ5MR7GmAF/eMZCtZVubQE2MELbmu4wsp3nP+HT5rMQxNO0QTj3doU/1IHHfMr9/Ka+E= Received: by 10.38.11.80 with SMTP id 80mr77330rnk; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:51:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.66.46 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:51:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:51:32 +0200 From: Sander Vesik To: Johnson David In-Reply-To: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641B13@mvaexch01.acuson.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641B13@mvaexch01.acuson.com> cc: "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.7: Re: Instead of freebsd. com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sander Vesik List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:51:33 -0000 On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:26:38 -0800, Johnson David wrote: > From: Anthony Atkielski [mailto:atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr] > > > >> Improving workflow isn't about making stuff simple, it's about making > stuff > >> more efficient. > > > > What needs to be made more efficient with FreeBSD? The installation > > process seemed pretty user-friendly to me. > > This is about efficiency, not user friendliness. The Windows installer is > pretty damned friendly, but it's still one of the most inefficient > installers I've ever run across. > > There's a whole bunch of little stuff to fix in sysinstall. The navigation > between sysinstall pages is not optimal. Aborting an install usually means a > reboot, even if you haven't reached the "commit" stage. Many necessary tasks > (network interface, root password) are stuck in the optional post-install > stage. There are various inconsistancies here and there. > It would be particularily nice to have a Solaris flar archive style capability for cloning setups. > There's also the whole issue of managing installs on multiple machines. > FreeBSD does not do this well. Remote, scripted, and unattended installs > would be awesome. Something on the order of Solaris' JumpStart would be > wonderful. This too of course, prefrably with integration with the above ;-) > > David