Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 20:26:43 -0700 From: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Simple End-User FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980422202643.006aa1b8@pacificnet.net>
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I was looking around on www.osnews.com and I came across some posting that someone had about beos and stuff like that. Anyways, the important thing is that I saw a url pointing to www.seul.org, which caught my attention. It stands for Simple End-User Linux. Hmmm...so Linux is being worked on for the average end user? Damn. Those Linux guys are sure making things tough to compete. Although, some of you may suggest that Linux isn't the enemy...some may suggest that Bill Gates and Windows NT is the enemy. I guess that's more of a philosophical debate. I don't know. To me, Linux is more of a closer enemy. They're the other Free Unix-like OS that hat a much bigger following. Okay, let's say we're gonna pitch FreeBSD to a guy that's not entirely clueless. Let's say that he knows about Linux and has heard what it can do. Why would that guy want to go to FreeBSD if Linux has more printed support and might end up being "Simple" (as suggested by the Simple End Users Linux). My gf made a statement to me the other day. She pretty much watches me ramble on about Operating Systems and what not so she's a bit clued in to what I'm into. Anyways she said, "FreeBSD might be stable and fast and all that, but Windows 95 is still much easier to use." I really didn't have a comment to her statement, because I understood her views exactly. Just because I know how to compile a program and/or kernel doesn't mean that other people would want to spend the time learning how to do the same, or what not. Anyways, I really do feel that we should try to make FreeBSD a bit more user friendly. Would using Linux as an example be a bad thing? I know that FreeBSD has a much different approach to things and also has a different philosophy, but what's wrong with some idea sharing? I guess maybe I'd like the main focus for FreeBSD to be on: stability, security, and being user friendly. Possibly, in that order too. Any comments? Joey Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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