Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:31:29 -0400 From: CKimmerl@SARCOM.COM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "easy installation"!!!!! yeah right Message-ID: <A18002DDE56DD21184050008C7B1601401CADEF4@SNOHEX16.sarcom.com>
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You people are so far into this stuff that you don't know what "easy" means anymore. I tried to install FreeBSD 3.3 last night. It was the most difficult install I've ever seen. Problems? How would I know- I never knew what it was doing. It installed, I just didn't know what. It is so geared towards unix experienced geeks that a person unfamiliar with Unix is totally lost. Microsoftcopy sucks but they've got no competition from unix yet. No one can understand it and unix people can't make it understandable. I picked stuff from the menu, but the interface sucked so bad I wasn't sure what I had installed. I was so pissed that I erased it. I chose FreeBSD over Linux because it is supposed to be more stable, but only a hacker geek can install this OS. I'll try Linux, maybe it will be more easily understood. Greg Lehay's book was useless- it was so far up in geek land it was amazing. Of course, what can you expect from a guy who speaks 3 languages and went to school for chemistry, etc. He can't write beginner books, that's for sure. Throughout the entire installation I found myself wondering how anybody figures this shit out. I'd appreciate any "PRACTICAL" help as I do not want to give up on FreeBSD. Sincerely, -ChadK chadk@freewwweb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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