From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 19:40: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3254337B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 19:39:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from labs.unixhideout.com (dsl-65-187-193-189.telocity.com [65.187.193.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A55343E67 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 19:39:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sagacious@unixhideout.com) Received: from MIKESBOX ([192.168.1.10]) by labs.unixhideout.com (8.12.5/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6R2dtGx008591 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 22:39:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from sagacious@unixhideout.com) From: "sagacious" To: Subject: RE: Peter heads back to M$FT WinBloze [sagacious] Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 22:39:57 -0400 Message-ID: <000101c23516$e59fc140$0a01a8c0@MIKESBOX> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <20020726222836.Y22790-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Excuse me for wishing the OS setup process and upgrade paths worked more >like Windows. How many of you out there ever had to crack open a book or >manual to setup Windows? You just click [Next>] over and over :) "heh" My point is proven! sagacious (Mike) Network administrator The unixhideout network http://www.unixhideout.com -----Original Message----- From: Peter Leftwich [mailto:Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:33 PM To: sagacious Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: RE: Peter heads back to M$FT WinBloze [sagacious] On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, sagacious wrote: > You can get x running beautifully if you simply take the time to read > about it and set it up. If they ever integrated X built into the core os I definitely did my share of RTFM'ing and exploring the websites such as www.xfree86.org (which left me wanting...) > I would piss all over FreeBSD and move to net, open or something else. > The mere thought of that turns my stomach. I love FreeBSD. Don't give I love FreeBSD too, but not so much as a GUI. It seems like one is not far off from the truth when they say that GUI's and X run on FreeBSD almost at the point of emulation! :P > these guys any idea's that are going to make BSD more like windows for Do you smell what FreeBSD is cooking? "FreeBSD Home" (native GUI) and "FreeBSD Professional" (fully customizable and dependent on user-experience) *GRIN* > the stupid user that needs everything done for them. Just my two cents. Excuse me for wishing the OS setup process and upgrade paths worked more like Windows. How many of you out there ever had to crack open a book or manual to setup Windows? You just click [Next>] over and over :) Laziness should not be always confused with lack of ability *smiles* > sagacious (Mike) > Network administrator > The unixhideout network > http://www.unixhideout.com He he -- no pissing in the unix hideout please. Take it outside. -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message