Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 23:56:48 -0400 From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net> To: impaqds@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mass Confusion Message-ID: <19981013235648.A14892@palomine.net> In-Reply-To: <199810131435.HAA29389@hub.freebsd.org>; from questions-digest on Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 07:35:35AM -0700 References: <199810131435.HAA29389@hub.freebsd.org>
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> After spending a hour on dozens of web pages concerning > FREEBSD I decided to download the OS and try it out. > > Funny thing. I cannot find one single reference on any ftp > readme or index file that tells me what specific name the FREEBSD > OS is listed under. I found hundreds of files and sub directories with > absolute zero information as to what constitutes the stand alone OS > itself. I understand the developer code files and the porting add ons > in the file listing,but nowhere is there specific names or instructions > for the stand alone FREEBSD OS anywhere. Come on guys ! If you > want this thing to be used and developed like UNIX you must cut the > OS distribution files for installation loose from thousands of > supplementary and confusing listings.I have talked to other > developers about FREEBSD and they tried your home site and > managed to download hundreds of files,but no complete OS. I see > why they stuck with UNIX. I just wanted to see what the problems > were. I can see very clearly why FREEBSD is not a mainstrem OS > like Linux. It is too hard to identify and download the main OS ! > > Do not take this the wrong way. This is not a spam or a flame,just a > comment from a confused individual.As a WINDOWS NT network > manager I am always looking for alternatives to cut costs. I looked at > LINUX and got ill just reading the docs.; it has a long way to go. > Remember guys you are trying to convert millions of DOS and > WINDOWS users and developers who expect flawless one click > downloads in a GUI environment. Most run screaming and shaken > when confronted with any text based instructions. Sorry but that's > the real world for the majority of new age PC owners.I deal with > them every day and they get dumber every year. You might have spent "a hour on dozens of web pages concerning FREEBSD," but apparently one of them wasn't http://www.freebsd.org. If you'd looked there you'd have seen, in big letters, the words "Easy to install." The last sentence of the paragraph below that says, "All you need is a single 1.44MB boot floppy and these directions." You follow the directions that this link leads you to, and you find that it is indeed easy--very, very easy--to install. Chris Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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