Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:51:00 -0400 From: "Fernando Pinguelo" <pinguelo@comcast.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Frustration Message-ID: <000601c69bf0$060d9e90$01ea2444@new48wv7crnbbw>
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I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing = version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded = in doing it so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not = have all the ports installed and that some other dependencies were also = missing. I realized then that the installation had not been as = successful as I first thought. So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an = Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more = hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version = 6.1. And that was what I did; I tried. Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried to = install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that = anything that had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go wrong, = be it the software installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work = and headache that I have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' = towards a working Unix environment has been enourmously frustating. The = worst part of it all is that I have not accomplished anything tangible = at all.=20 I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix' bandwagon for = good and move back to MS Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate = on doing real productive work, instead of dealing with temperamental = hardware and software every time I touch the PC. Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration = fight to the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'.=20 Bye, Fernando
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