Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:32:59 +0930 From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx> To: Richard Shea <rshea@thecubagroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD over Redhat Linux? Message-ID: <20010917103259.D10666@plug.cx> In-Reply-To: <3BA5E867.11980.178C6F64@localhost>; from rshea@thecubagroup.com on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:11:19PM %2B1200 References: <004a01c13f04$378b9c40$5eeaf7a5@oemcomputer>; <20010917093008.B10507@plug.cx> <3BA5E867.11980.178C6F64@localhost>
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:11:19PM +1200, Richard Shea wrote:
> > For some definition of "graphical", though not in the sense that you're
> > suggesting, I feel.
>
> Just my 2c on this front - I think it's fair to say it's "graphical
> enough". You are provided with a series of menus from which you
> are invited to pick selections. You don't have to edit config files etc
> to do the install. I found it very friendly.
Me too. The only area in which (I believe) the RedHat installer seems to
excel in is disk partitioning. Whilst the FreeBSD installer isn't too
bad, it can be a bit scary for new users.
> In some senses the larger issue isn't telling the machine what you
> want so much as knowing what the significance of some of your
> answers are. That is just as true of FreeBSD as Linux.
Hmm...
- andrew
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