Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:03:33 -0400 From: "James Gill" <gill@topsecret.net> To: "Marty Poulin" <mpoulin@honk.org>, <FreeBSD-Newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: tetris! (RE: basic info on freebsd needed...) Message-ID: <NDBBJDFMIMOCFNNCEKADGEJDCMAA.gill@topsecret.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990803110854.4752A-100000@spectre>
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-> In a nutshell, I inserted the CD, booted the machine, answered about a -> dozen questions, then played Tetris until I saw a message -> saying that the -> install was complete (yes - Tetris is included in the install program to -> allow users to kill time while it copies files and compiles the kernel). -> The whole procedure took less than half an hour and was so amazingly -> simple I couldn't believe it. For users looking for a stable, reliable -> and easy-to-install OS for their desktop, I definitely -> recommend Caldera's -> OpenLinux. I think that anyone considering tackling the -> desktop OS market -> would do well to examine this installation procedure. -> ha! that's a riot! imagine the reaction of someone who is trying UNIX for the first time, expecting a lot of confusing work and ....tetris! i have not "set up" x in FreeBSD, but only installed it on one machine ... it was NOT hard, really simple even (through /stand/sysinstall) to put in x/enlightenment. (though, never having been in an x environment before, once i got into it it was kind of confusing) my $.02 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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