From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 9 15:22:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA24372 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 15:22:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nomis.simon-shapiro.org (nomis.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA24327 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 15:22:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shimon@nomis.Simon-Shapiro.ORG) Received: (qmail 10683 invoked by uid 1000); 9 Jan 1998 23:23:30 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-010198 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199801091930.MAA28321@usr09.primenet.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:23:30 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: X based Free installation Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, capriotti@geocities.com, tom@sdf.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On 09-Jan-98 Terry Lambert wrote: >> BTW, you made a comment about Linux ease of installation. Which Linux? > > Any Linux for which the Linux camp is willing to send out a schmuck > to endure the pain on your behalf is basically painless to install. > > It's topologically equivalent to having very, very good install tools. > > ;-). That's true. Or M$ install which has the option of calling the support line (manned by non-M$ companies, many of them here in town), with your favorite credit card. I did not find Debian installation better than FreeBSD. Worse if anything. BTW, Slowlaris install is GUI driven and much worse than FreeBSD too. I think you should design the logic for a new install and follow that by a small, useful GUI library. What was the name of the GUI layer on AT&T 3B1? > Also, I screwed up my otherwise beautiful example with a factual > error: .... My point the pictograms are not always better than words still stands. ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313