Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:17:14 -0500 From: Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com> To: Clinton Roane <clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting More Users Message-ID: <20010301171714.C3896@guinness.osdn.com> In-Reply-To: <PNEBLOOHJGDJGPMNNCPKCEGJCAAA.clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>; from clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net on Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 03:33:28PM -0500 References: <PNEBLOOHJGDJGPMNNCPKCEGJCAAA.clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2001 at 15:33:28 -0500, Clinton Roane wrote: > This is just a suggestion for future BSD releases. Although I > understand that FreeBSD is Not Linux, I think it would be more > beneficial to acquire more users by providing a more easy way of > installing FreeBSD. I am trying to install as I type and am having > some problems. I think I will be ok after several attempts. But if > we provide an install procedure say similiar to Redhat or Caldera than > more people may be willing to switch and/or try FreeBSD. Don't get me > wrong. BSD is more of a technical persons system than say Microsoft > but we need to get more users of FreeBSD on the bandwagon. This has been brought up repeatedly over the last 7 years, and there have been a few people working on a new installer, but nothing ever seems to come of it. Besides, FreeBSD's installer isn't *that* bad. Go install Debian sometime if you want to see a horrible installer. It makes sysinstall look like it's the best thing since sliced bread. > Also, I see alot of magazines about Linux but not a FreeBSD specific > magazine. We might want to try at least a one or two time issue to > see how this goes. Daemon News now publishes a magazine about BSD, but chances are you'll never see anything mainstream like Linux Journal or Linux Magazine simply because FreeBSD isn't a buzz word like Linux :-) The fact also remains that these things cost money -- usually lots of it if you plan on succeeding -- and unfortunately it still doesn't grow on trees. - jim -- - jim mock <mij@osdn.com> - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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