Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:56:13 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PC-BSD on top of FreeBSD - does it matter ? Message-ID: <4F53F30D.9060201@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <loom.20120304T215614-899@post.gmane.org> References: <loom.20120304T091118-682@post.gmane.org> <4F53CB2A.4070901@mac.com> <loom.20120304T215614-899@post.gmane.org>
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On 03/05/12 07:23, jb wrote: > Chuck Swiger<cswiger<at> mac.com> writes: > >> ... >> There are lots of people who are looking for turnkey / "no docs needed" >> systems, with "give me simplified choices" but "handle obvious errors with a >> nice dialog window or fix-it 'wizard'", instead of requiring CLI sysadmin >> experience, reading error logs, and running diagnostic commands to fix things. >> ... > Well, the PC-BSD team set these goals for themselves: > > "PC-BSD has as its goals to be an easy-to-install-and-use desktop operating > system, based on FreeBSD. To accomplish this, it provides a graphical > installation to enable even UNIX novices to easily install and get it running." > > That's also an obligation to test it. > PC-BSD is a product, by a private company. The burden of proof is on them. PC-BSD is an organisation or group; I wouldn't go as far as calling them a private company. > >> ... >> I suspect that the folks who define usability by such criteria are not using >> FreeBSD (or PC-BSD) at all, or they quickly evaluate it and then move on at >> the first major showstopper they come across. >> ... > There were many attractive features implemented. > I personally am irritated when I get a software product that breaks on a basic > usability test. The argument that something is offered to me for free and so > I can not expect it to function here and there does not fly with me. That's > a road to nowhere, considering that they do offer it freely. > > I will test their next public release in more detail. > I would love to report back words of praise. > jb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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