You might want to look at DesktopBSD. http://www.desktopbsd.net
This is very easy to install for new users. Beech On Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:59, doi maesalong wrote: > Dear Mr Nicole > Thanks for the response. It is very nice that someone from the local > academic institution is interested in this particular problem. > We willl need all the helps we can get. > > I am not sure if you see the underlying problems the new users in Thailand > encountered. > > From the thai webboard ( such as in www.thaibsd.com. This site is run by > one of the staff at teacher college in Pitsanulok,Thailand - though it's > domain name ends with dot com , this is not a commercial site. it was for > the sake of convenience to get the site up quickly. Another site is > http://www.thai-aec.org/forum/ ) , we noticed that the newbies faces a lot > of problems during installation. Few commonly encountered problems are : > 1 CD error ( burned from download iso ) > 2 incomplete software ( again error from either during download or during > burning CD) . I encountered this problem myself inspite of correct MD5. So > common occuring such that I resorted to obtaining the CD by direct ordering > from FreeBSD Mall. And yet , I got error from the purchased disk. Perhaps > this might be due to my old hardware. > 3 Another very common complaint from the webboard is the failure during > porting. This is a very common indeed. And this, in my opiniion having been > in the same situation before, is very discouraging for the new users > indeed. And as you might know, compounding with the slow modem speed most > user had in Thailand,this will certainly discourage the new users to persue > the FreeBSD route. I do not think this is FreeBSD problem but rather the > unfamiliarity of the FreeBSD and porting system on the new users part ( > perhaps they do not have latest port ). > 4 the root of all problem is our lack goof background in english. > > What we have in our plan is to have an autorun cd filled with OS & > necessary application softwares. Everything is in the CD so that users do > not have to download ( only one option to install the software for users to > select ie, from CD). One last important thing is to have instruction to > the user in Thai language ( we will definitely need someone to help on this > ie. writing command ( in shell script or ???) to automate the whole > process, since most of us have no experience or know how.) > > This approach should have the new users up and running quickly without > bandwidth problem or missing dependency files. > > Thanks in advance for the help. We definitely need your help. > > Regards, > > Somner Srivisal > > ps. I am currently living in the US and having been in contact with Khun > presert regarding this matter. This proves that "The world is Flat" ( by > Thomas Friedman ) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Olivier Nicole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 4:34 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD users of Thailand > > > Khun Prasert, > > > > Good initiative, very good idea. > > > > Well I have more interest in the server use of FreeBSD and obviously I > > cannot read Thai, but if I can help... > > > > Best regards, > > > > Olivier > > Pathumthani > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3 - Release Date: 6/7/2006 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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