Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 21:23:48 +0000 (UTC) From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PC-BSD on top of FreeBSD - does it matter ? Message-ID: <loom.20120304T215614-899@post.gmane.org> References: <loom.20120304T091118-682@post.gmane.org> <4F53CB2A.4070901@mac.com>
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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. > ... > 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
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