On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:23:48PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth William Brown on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > > > > On 30/03/2011, at 07:15, Chip Camden wrote: > > > > >> So what do you recommend as my first desktop BSD distro? What desktop > > >> BSD distro is so easy to use that even Paris Hilton or Jessica "Chicken > > >> of the Sea" Simpson can handle it? > > > > > > To each their own, but I wouldn't want a system that Paris Hilton could > > > handle any more than I'd want a vehicle that a four-year-old can drive. > > > > There is something to be said for the keep it simple principle however. > > > Yes, but "keep it simple" need not mean "do everything for you." Often, > a simpler design means more choices, and more choices means more > responsibility and more steps to completion.
But often better eventual results. Just a nit here -- I would think of BSD as less cluttered rather than simpler. Those that have all the extra built-ins with no thinking required tend to be more complicated, not simpler. They just cover it up by allowing fewer choices -- as you imply above. ////jerry > > -- > .o. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com > ..o | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com > ooo | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
