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Date:      Sun, 6 Apr 2003 21:32:39 +0200
From:      Daniela <dgw@liwest.at>
To:        "Gregory A. Gilliss" <ggilliss@netpublishing.com>, advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Brilliant and very useful for FreeBSD, IMHO
Message-ID:  <200304062132.39199.dgw@liwest.at>
In-Reply-To: <20030406172035.GA45332@netpublishing.com>
References:  <20030406172035.GA45332@netpublishing.com>

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On Sunday 06 April 2003 19:20, Gregory A. Gilliss wrote:
> This was posted on slashdot.org:
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0401.tsu.html
>
> I would recommend that *everyone* read this today (Sunday) and ask your=
-
> selves whether the current FreeBSD distro (4.x or 5.x) meets the goals
> set out by this study?  We've all seen the excreta of these and many ot=
her
> frustrations in the list archives.  Can the FreeBSD core team address
> some of these issues and *market* the results to make FreeBSD a more
> worthwhile upgrade path than *any* Linux distro?  I patently hope so!



PLEASE don't give FreeBSD a GUI for installation and system configuration=
=2E
If the users want it, make another distribution.

What I like best in FreeBSD is its user interface. I just love it. Upgrad=
ing=20
the system and installing software from source is so easy (I'm just a=20
newbie). Sysinstall is really well-designed. It took me less than a day t=
o=20
get acquainted with the user interface. Please don't change it.

Regards,
Daniela



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