Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:45:02 +0100 From: "Joao Barros" <joao.barros@gmail.com> To: "Fernando Pinguelo" <pinguelo@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Frustration Message-ID: <70e8236f0606300545i35e3c353v57f61070e11333c4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000601c69bf0$060d9e90$01ea2444@new48wv7crnbbw> References: <000601c69bf0$060d9e90$01ea2444@new48wv7crnbbw>
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On 6/30/06, Fernando Pinguelo <pinguelo@comcast.net> wrote: > 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. > > 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'. Hi, I don't know your level of proficiency with unix but from your email I think you're taking the initial steps. You tried to build a Lego without all the pieces and with no instructions. You should start with an already built machine and start your way down from there. With this in mind I recomend you to install for example PC-BSD(1). It's FreeBSD all the way, but for what you want, a desktop solution, a custom built FreeBSD. -- Joao Barros
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