From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 21:41:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC1891065677 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:41:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF3C8FC12 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:41:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id p2TLdajS084659 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:39:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id p2TLdadc084658 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:39:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:39:36 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: freebsd general questions Message-ID: <20110329213936.GA84631@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20110329144527.c009ba8b.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <20318_1301430722_4D9241C2_20318_86_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BD354C76@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110329204501.GH2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <0148AA41-E800-477F-94BF-2D27E864053F@adelaide.edu.au> <20110329212348.GI2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110329212348.GI2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:41:36 -0000 On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:23:48PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth William Brown on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > > > > On 30/03/2011, at 07:15, Chip Camden wrote: > > > > >> So what do you recommend as my first desktop BSD distro? What desktop BSD distro is so easy to use that even Paris Hilton or Jessica "Chicken of the Sea" Simpson can handle it? > > > > > > To each their own, but I wouldn't want a system that Paris Hilton could > > > handle any more than I'd want a vehicle that a four-year-old can drive. > > > > There is something to be said for the keep it simple principle however. > > > Yes, but "keep it simple" need not mean "do everything for you." Often, > a simpler design means more choices, and more choices means more > responsibility and more steps to completion. But often better eventual results. Just a nit here -- I would think of BSD as less cluttered rather than simpler. Those that have all the extra built-ins with no thinking required tend to be more complicated, not simpler. They just cover it up by allowing fewer choices -- as you imply above. ////jerry > > -- > .o. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com > ..o | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com > ooo | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com