From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 29 09:24:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106D9106566B for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:24:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5E88FC08 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:24:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E5EA6A6017; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:24:38 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.0x20.net Received: from mail.0x20.net ([217.69.76.211]) by mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oeg2irradmMv; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:24:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C069A6A6014; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:24:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3T9ObWL012707; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:24:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q3T9OZ3r011425; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:24:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:24:35 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20120429092435.GZ37811@e-new.0x20.net> References: <20120427203117.GA2055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q9gN6Pu6yShZegnw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:38:05 +0000 Cc: Jerry McAllister , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk , Andy Young Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:24:39 -0000 --Q9gN6Pu6yShZegnw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 07:39:25AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >=20 > > My opinion is that most important obstacle in front of FreeBSD is its i= nstallation structure : > >=20 > >=20 > > It is NOT possible to install and use a FreeBSD distribution directly a= s it is . > >=20 > > In Linux distributions , when a distribution is installed , the user , = NOT root , > > can use its facilities WITHOUT setting a ( large ) number of parameters= which it is approximately ZERO . >=20 > why do you try to position this OS as windows/Mac OS replacement? Unix=20 > will never be and is not designed for it, but for users that want to have= =20 > real control of computers. Mac OSD _is_ a UNIX: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4376 So, why not use a UNIX on the Desktop? :) --Q9gN6Pu6yShZegnw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+dCNMACgkQKc512sD3afgKogCgndBSD98UvLdKA2ECg/H9874m UJQAn1Lqd2WJKi7CSNpWn7zbKMa3A8T5 =XbzM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q9gN6Pu6yShZegnw--