From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 3 9: 4: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from topsecret.net (gill.apk.net [207.54.148.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CE4E152E0 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:03:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gill@topsecret.net) Received: from stumpy by topsecret.net with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.7.SP5.R) for ; Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:03:18 -0400 From: "James Gill" To: "Marty Poulin" , Subject: tetris! (RE: basic info on freebsd needed...) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:03:33 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-reply-to: X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: FreeBSD-Newbies@freebsd.org X-Return-Path: gill@topsecret.net Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -> 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