From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 15 17:19:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA25983 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:19:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dns.ida.net (mail.ida.net [204.228.203.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA25929 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:19:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from muck@ida.net) Received: from falcon.hinterlands.com (pm-pt2-6.ida.net [198.60.251.215]) by dns.ida.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA25294; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:19:43 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <3585BA2C.2781E494@ida.net> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:19:56 -0600 From: Mike X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-980520-SNAP i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sue@welearn.com.au CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sue Blake wrote: > > I agree with you that more info should be provided by sysinstall, > > Fine :-) > > But you want more. So be it. [..] > > Now you're being absurd. And totally missing the point. What makes you > think that, because I wish for some access to info about the size of > what I select to install, I want this stupid question and answer game, or > because I want things like my shell and favourite editor set up during > installation I want to be asked to confirm all packages? What makes you > think that, just because I'm a newbie, I have run win95 let alone like > what it does? You are obviously quite familiar with its behaviour, so > you must prefer it. Just as silly, no? Yeah, I like win95. So what? I also like FreeBSD. You're right that I totally missed the point of your email. For that I'm sorry. But I feel that the average person can use his/her brain to figure things out. I don't feel you have to be a hacker to install FreeBSD. It may take you a few times, but I think the average person is intelligent enough to install it. I used to have FreeBSD installed in a 145 Meg partition, and that included 25 Megs of Swap Space, XFree86, and Netscape 3.04. I ran out of space during several installations before I got it right, so in the next installations I didn't try to install as much. Simple trial and error. > > Not sure if any of the above had anything to do with your email, but oh > > well. > > Perhaps not, but it was very revealing about common untested prejudices > about newbies. No, I'm not prejudiced against newbies. I just don't think that you should expect people to hold your hand. I'm sorry if you think I flamed you. I don't claim to be a hacker, not even close. Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message