Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 06:38:55 +0800 From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New work on installer? Message-ID: <20040518063855.62e20610.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <006801c43bd4$49362fd0$6501a8c0@yourw92p4bhlzg> References: <006801c43bd4$49362fd0$6501a8c0@yourw92p4bhlzg>
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On Mon, 17 May 2004 01:00:37 -0500 <timh@tjhawkins.com> wrote: > Has there been any new work on the installer or planned? If not, I would like > to help... What about graphical? If you're looking to improve FreeBSD's user-friendliness, more usefual than a GUI installer would be a few network setup tools. To get some idea what I'm talking about, take a look at Slackware's "netconfig" and "adsl-setup" tools. These aren't GUI, just ncurses scripts, but very easy to use. When I was a FBSD newbie, one of my most frustrating experiences was having to manually write and modify /etc/ppp/options and /etc/ppp/ppp.conf. I think a lot of newbies get to this point, spend a few frustrating days tearing their hair out, and then give up and go back to Redhat or SUSE. A user-friendly GUI or ncurses script for configuring the new PF firewall would no doubt win a few converts too. Take a look at Guarddog (a Linux tool for IP tables) to get some idea. Just my 2 cents. regards, Robert
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