Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:04:07 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Contributing to FreeBSD (was: userland firewall ?) Message-ID: <15253.16839.929067.980049@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <006401c1357a$c782b9c0$14ce21c7@avatar.com> References: <15252.28617.61423.224978@guru.mired.org> <006401c1357a$c782b9c0$14ce21c7@avatar.com>
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Kory Hamzeh <kory@avatar.com> types: > I must admit, though, that Linux is a little bit easier (friendlier) to > install for the non-unix hackers. That may have a lot do to with it. Maybe > we, the FBSD community, can learn a little from that. There are many pages of gotchas, ands and buts, starting with "which Linux distro are you talking about" and ending with "will it install with a serial console." I'll be glad to provide details offline, or you can ask on -advocacy where I'm sure someone will answer. However, the problem is being addressed, in two different ways. First, the idiosyncrasies of libdialog that make doing a FreeBSD install so twitchy are being addressed, and that should show up in 4.4. Second, the entire install process and package facility is being reworked, but I don't believe that's planned for 5.0 - but it would be great if it made it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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