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On 9/27/02, 8:42:23 AM, "mufassa bendover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding there must be a better way: > to the FreeBSD people: > I wanted to use your product but i had to back off. Ok >Do you know why? No > This is because you guys make it so complicated to operate that when an > UNIX newbie wants to use your product (which is a good thing)he usually > backs away when he sees very complicated stuffs and functions. > EXAMPLE: > Who in the earth would want to memorize this whole thing just to mount > a cdrom in practical life... > %mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /usr/mnt/cdrom Have you never considered spending a little money on a book? Something like: "FreeBSD an Open-source operating system for your personal computer" or "FreeBSD Unleashed"? Maybe, just maybe, it is you there is something wrong with, not the system. Btw, to make mounting easier: Add "/dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0" to /etc/fstab. From now on you can just write "mount /cdrom" or you can get a daemon to mount everything for you automatically when you need it. > So my Question is WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO COME OUT WITH A DIST > IN WHICH TOUSANDS OF TEENEGERS WILL ATTRACT...NOT REJECT? Dont you > you people should consider the newbies too How much did you pay for FreeBSD? Did you never consider that FreeBSD is a server system? What will FreeBSD gain by getting 1000 teenage users? If you want a user-friendly, grafical, non-server, desktop OS, you may take a look at MS windows or Linux SuSE/red hat. I would really hate it if the FreeBSD maintainers put more in the default kernel and base system, just to make it more userfriendly. I like FreeBSD the way it is, it is powerful, stable, relatively secure and have a great performance, it is a really good server system (just ask Yahoo!). I doesn't sound like you are looking for a server system, so chose a different OS or spend some time getting to know this cool OS. Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
