Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:36:58 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: "Robert C Wittig" <wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installer vs RedHat Linux Fedora Core Installer? Message-ID: <cb5206420701040436v3dd2c5d6hdc06ff142513173e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <459CE4F2.2000108@sbcglobal.net> References: <ad32ec270701031142j7ed4a6dbr4690189d9f8ece3@mail.gmail.com> <20070103211426.GA60153@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <b35fa3120701032242q7708f3a1x9c0b5fca75488d62@mail.gmail.com> <459CE4F2.2000108@sbcglobal.net>
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On 1/4/07, Robert C Wittig <wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Sunnz wrote: > > > Perhaps the stability of FBSD has led to the infrequent use of the > > installer for (re)installation. Think about it: if you are using the > > installer frequent enough to worry about how it look like, what are > > you doing? Reinstalling your OS every several months? > > > > Personally, I prefer the FreeBSD and OpenBSD installers to the more > GUI-type installers used by Microsoft. > > Initially, I had to do some Googling, and studying up, to learn the > installation procedures, the various options available, which options > were best for which types of installs, etc. > > After that was done, I had a nice little spiral notebook with a bunch of > hand-written notes, and a nice pile of URLs to refer to, as needed. > > This is the UNIX way... once the OS is installed, one is still going to > still have to understand the ins and outs of the operating system, the > LAN, TCP/IP, etc., and learn enough about C/C++, shell scripting, and > correct syntax in general, to edit their config files in vi, and > understand the man pages. > > Making the installer any 'easier' to use than the operating system > itself is to run and administer, seems pointless. I remember I had this official MS Windows 2000 beta CD. On its casing there was a picture of a would-be industry professional, sitting at his PC with one hand on the keyboard and the other one going through a thick reference manual. The picture was too small to make out what was there on his screen, but I bet the guy was a Unix newbie, working his way through the first installation in his life or whatever :-)
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