On 6/30/06, Fernando Pinguelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing version 5.3
of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it so, but
when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the ports
installed and that some other dependencies were also missing. I realized then
that the installation had not been as successful as I first thought.
So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an
Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more
hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. And
that was what I did; I tried.
Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried to
install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that anything
that had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go wrong, be it the
software installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work and headache
that I have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' towards a working Unix
environment has been enourmously frustating. The worst part of it all is that I
have not accomplished anything tangible at all.
I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix' bandwagon for good
and move back to MS Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate on doing
real productive work, instead of dealing with temperamental hardware and
software every time I touch the PC.
Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration fight to
the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'.
Hi,
I don't know your level of proficiency with unix but from your email I
think you're taking the initial steps.
You tried to build a Lego without all the pieces and with no
instructions. You should start with an already built machine and start
your way down from there. With this in mind I recomend you to install
for example PC-BSD(1). It's FreeBSD all the way, but for what you
want, a desktop solution, a custom built FreeBSD.
--
Joao Barros
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