From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 19:31:48 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 995A01065675 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:31:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F4D8FC0A for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D70D1CC47; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:31:47 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4A7B2FA3.5020603@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:31:47 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernt Hansson References: <4A76FB32.9050601@videotron.ca> <20090803215319.8fad2441.freebsd@edvax.de> <4A798DF2.3020305@videotron.ca> <200908051651.53302.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20090805203337.c6f74172.freebsd@edvax.de> <4A7A89B3.6010206@mapper.nl> <4A7A8CDB.20004@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4A7B16F2.7080304@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4A7B16F2.7080304@bah.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mark Stapper , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:31:48 -0000 Bernt Hansson wrote: > Matthew Seaman skrev: >> Mark Stapper wrote: >> >> >>> In light of this, I would really enjoy seeing a "Ubuntu" like movement >>> in the FreeBSD corner. >>> What I mean is that it would be nice for my mother to install and use >>> FreeBSD. >> >> It's called PC-BSD. > > Have a look at Manolis Kiagias work at > http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com/downloads-page > > Haven't tried it my self, but it seems I'm going to. > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Aloha, Manolis download worked for me. I used it to install a 7.2 FreeBSD on a Sandisk Flash stick. And I can bring it up from the USB port on my netbook. Works fine except for printing on network. Have to work on setting up the printcap properly. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol