On 03/05/12 07:23, jb wrote:
Chuck Swiger<cswiger<at> mac.com> writes:
...
There are lots of people who are looking for turnkey / "no docs needed"
systems, with "give me simplified choices" but "handle obvious errors with a
nice dialog window or fix-it 'wizard'", instead of requiring CLI sysadmin
experience, reading error logs, and running diagnostic commands to fix things.
...
Well, the PC-BSD team set these goals for themselves:
"PC-BSD has as its goals to be an easy-to-install-and-use desktop operating
system, based on FreeBSD. To accomplish this, it provides a graphical
installation to enable even UNIX novices to easily install and get it running."
That's also an obligation to test it.
PC-BSD is a product, by a private company. The burden of proof is on them.
PC-BSD is an organisation or group; I wouldn't go as far as calling them
a private company.
...
I suspect that the folks who define usability by such criteria are not using
FreeBSD (or PC-BSD) at all, or they quickly evaluate it and then move on at
the first major showstopper they come across.
...
There were many attractive features implemented.
I personally am irritated when I get a software product that breaks on a basic
usability test. The argument that something is offered to me for free and so
I can not expect it to function here and there does not fly with me. That's
a road to nowhere, considering that they do offer it freely.
I will test their next public release in more detail.
I would love to report back words of praise.
jb
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