Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:27:28 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: is BSD slower? Message-ID: <20000322132728.P7305@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000322135020.A84858@area51.v-wave.com>; from cwasser@v-wave.com on Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 01:50:20PM -0700 References: <20000322184547.A70028@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000322135020.A84858@area51.v-wave.com>
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* Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com> [000322 13:13] wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 06:45:47PM +0000, j mckitrick wrote: > > I'm trying to explain to a pal who tried BSD recently why this might > > be. He also had problems with running netscape w/o a.out X binaries > > (probably because he didn't use the port, right?) And he also said he ... > > like to respond with something positive in the way of BSD advocacy, > > even if it doesn't change his mind and bring him back to BSD. He > > just felt it reminded him too much of Xenix times, w/o bells and > > whistles. > > The majority of the problems users face under BSD is lack of rtfm'ing. I > know it's tired and overused cliche but it's true. Most people don't > bother reading the documentation and trying to help themselves first > before asking for help or giving up entirely. > > I'm sure if he wants everything to be user-friendly he could simply > install one of the many Linux configurations, otherwise I would suggest to > your friend to read manpages, they're not there just to look pretty :) I don't find linux to be user friendly and niether does anyone else who doesn't use it, the same thing applies to BSD, if you don't at least sit down and bother to read some information about it, it's not going to work for you. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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