Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:35:20 +0200 From: "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: "cyberstorm" <cyberstorm@prodigy.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: BSD Inquiry... Message-ID: <002a01c00908$639e7010$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> In-Reply-To: <200008172051.e7HKpdU14247@ptavv.es.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kevin Oberman > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 22:52 > To: James A Wilde > Cc: cyberstorm; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: BSD Inquiry... > > I think you make this sound much worse than it is. FreeBSD puts a lot > of effort into making installation and modification of the system > simple. The FreeBSD ports/package system, for example, seem far more > advanced than Linux. > You are right, Kevin, that I exaggerated a little. There were good reasons for this but they are not applicable to all users, of course. I think that my further comments on this should more appropriately be made on the newbie list, and I'll do that when I've had time to put virtual pen to v-paper. But the point I was trying to make was that nobody makes 'user'*-friendly installation like Microsoft. Solaris - at least on the free version 7 I have - comes closest. Some Linux distributions - people who know mention especially the Corel distribution in this context - are also very good. FreeBSD just isn't in the same ballpark. You have to have a good idea of what you are doing to do anything at all. I'm not trying to start a flame war here, just presenting my own point of view. I estimate that my point of view lies well above the 'user'* level - I'm a good NT system administrator - but well below the average 'hacker'** level in this conference. * 'user' = a little above the Homer Simpson level ** 'hacker' = someone who dreams in c mvh/regards James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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