Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:43:48 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> To: "FreeBSD Users Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installer vs RedHat Linux Fedora Core Installer? Message-ID: <539c60b90701031243p329db19atd3f0e6683b62aee7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070103151318.92e9b0c2.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> References: <ad32ec270701031142j7ed4a6dbr4690189d9f8ece3@mail.gmail.com> <20070103151318.92e9b0c2.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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As a recent BSD initiate, I can say, if you read all the details, and use the defaults for everything (especially 'A' for label) (except most people want X-user for the distribution), then everything works great. Have you looked at PC-BSD? They seem to want to be more MS-like, but I found they have next to no documentation, and they break things that are perfectly doable in regular free-bsd by reading the handbook. Also pc-bsd is KDE-centric, and I'm more of a XFCE & Gnome lover. My overall reaction: What the installer lacks in "goodness/utility/pick-an-adjective", the handbook more than makes up for, if you don't mind reading it. It has answered pretty much all of my questions. It's a hell of a resource, and I wish the same existed for MS (although with Vista, I'm really not planning on using MS anymore anyway). Steve On 1/3/07, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> wrote: > > In response to "Peter aka SweetPete" <swtpete@gmail.com>: > > > Hello, I used to be on this mailing list several years ago, and have > > recently rejoined. > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/using-sysinstall.html > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/main1.png > > > > vs. > > > > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/en/ch-beginninginstallation.html#sn-booting-from-disc > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/en/figs/bootprompt.png > > > > Could I begin a thread (now) about a comparison (and relatively > > inferiorness) of the following two installers please?? I WOULD run > > FreeBSD at home instead of Fedora if the installer were more .....erm, > > """Microsoftly.""" > > > > Do you among the developer circle hear this kind of thing from time to > time? > > This seems to come up over and over again. About every other month. > > The developers are aware of it. The general consensus is that "yes, our > installer could be nicer/prettier/easier/etc" > > However, until someone either takes the time to write a better one, or > foots some cash to get a better one written, or blackmails a developer > in to doing it or something else, we still have what we have. > > I think the biggest problem is that the installer is "good enough" -- so > nobody is particularly interested in rewriting it until it's not good > enough any more -- even though it could be better. > > -- > Bill Moran > Collaborative Fusion Inc. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089
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