From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 26 07:32:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EF6716A400 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:32:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05E2A43D45 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:32:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from [213.146.114.24] (helo=reverse-213-146-114-24.cust.kamp-dsl.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu9) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML2xA-1FNPjL3w7s-0003OZ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:32:09 +0200 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:25:10 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" X-X-Sender: root@www.pukruppa.net To: Vayu In-Reply-To: <200603252301.56859.vayu@sklinks.com> Message-ID: <20060326101213.S36027@www.pukruppa.net> References: <44255554.6080200@cogeco.ca> <200603252301.56859.vayu@sklinks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:2446dbdf8275641f979193ced594c629 Cc: Tim , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Not an easy install 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: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:32:10 -0000 On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Vayu wrote: > On Saturday 25 March 2006 06:36, Tim wrote: >> Why couldn't you guys make a install easy instead of this and that, ok I >> am a newbie and it should be easy, I have installed Ubuntu, it was like >> a dream, smooth as silk, Fedora pretty much the same FreeBSD, its a >> nitemare if you have never done it, I am now reloading windows and then >> putting back Ubuntu, unless someone over there can make it simple even >> for me. >> >> >> Tim Stevens Hi Tim, most experienced FreeBSD users consider FreeBSD's high configurability and scalability (I hope this word is correct) its biggest advantage over alternative OS's. This - on the other hand - is its biggest disadvantage from a beginners point of view: You *have* to configure most stuff yourself, you *need* some idea what you are gong to do, beforehand. So, if you just need a ready made and working OS, you should stick with Ubuntu, Debian and friends. If you want to learn something about "The Secret Life Of Your Computer" (programming, administration, etc. ) stay patient with yourself and with FreeBSD and become one of "us guys" :-) Regards, Uli. >> > > Who are "you guys"? > I installed Ubuntu as my very first open source OS last Aug. Since then I've > installed it on 5 computers and now FreeBSD on 2 computers. From a beginners > viewpoint I find both installers pretty comparable and actually quite > similar. Instead of issuing a blanket criticism that I'm not sure is even > true, why don't you ask about the specific issues you are having a problem > with? > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > ********************************************* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * *********************************************