From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 24 03:34:23 2009 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 633851065692 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:34:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 240508FC16 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:34:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-71-245.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.71.245]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C32C11DB1D; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:34:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n9O3YKZN001515; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:34:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:34:20 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "levent basar" Message-Id: <20091024053420.81003013.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:34:23 -0000 On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:10:49 +0100, "levent basar" wrote: > hi > freebsd is one of the good ones but its hard to install It's not hard to install. Just follow the instructions on screen. Because FreeBSD isn't restricted to a particular field of use (such as most other operating systems are, by their own definition), installation can lead into many various directions. There is no default for this. FreeBSD can be used as a simple name server, a mail server, a multimedia workstation, an embedded system, a corporate storage controller or a mobile diagnostics system on a netbook - and many others. How should an installer handle this? > why dont you make the installation user friendly like pc bsd Then use PC-BSD. In my opinion, "user-friendly" and "mades lots of use of GUI effects" is often confused. For starters, maybe PC-BSD is the best solution. Personally, I had no problems installing FreeBSD without additional "education" prior to putting in the install CD. It shouldn't be any problem for a person who is able to read the english language (which, by the way, isn't my native one). :-) An installation tool that requires a recent graphics card isn't user friendly. It *limits* the use of the OS, e. g. when you want to install it on a server that doesn't have a graphics card at all. > and > also there are so many ati graphic card users can you add > some new ati drives to new freebsd ? You should ask ATI for this, not FreeBSD. The developers don't have X-ray eyes and therefore cannot look into the devices ATI sells. :-) Seriously: If you are interested for improved hardware support, write to the hardware manufacturers. They are the responsible party. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...