Lucius, its not about installing, its about getting an image to install. That process is just too complicated and needs to be easier.
2014-02-06 18:02 GMT+01:00 Lucius Rizzo <[email protected]>: > Andy Ruhl wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Ottavio Caruso >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On 6 February 2014 13:51, Zafer Aydoğan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> At that point, I crosschecked with www.netbsd.org and was embarrassed, how >> >> complicated it is to get a copy of NetBSD. >> > >> > Don't be. >> > >> > Clicking on six links is not rocket science. I think Netbsd caters for >> > a certain audience that wants to have a bit more control on the system >> > and would gladly sacrifice a user-friendly web dialogue. >> > >> > What about the install.* documentation instead? That one is a bit too >> > terse and frankly outdated. It assumes a certain experience with >> > Netbsd which not everybody has. >> > >> > Not to mention the official documentation on the website, which in my >> > opinion is based on the 5.x release. >> >> I think NetBSD has been alienating newer users for a long time. Even >> back in the 1.4 days when I started using it, it was difficult to get >> installed. > > I disagree with this assertion. NetBSD is far easier to install than say > OpenBSD (simply if we were to talk about installers). The both are relatively > painless really compared to say Solaris Jumpstart. If you wanna loose hair.. > :P > > Nevertheless, as it was said earlier NetBSD seems to cater to a certain > crowd. Who appreciate the nuances. > > My 0.0000000001 Bitcoin opinion. > > -- > > | _o _ |_)o_ _ _ > |_|_|(_||_|_> | \|/_/_(_) - Lucius.Tel > -------------------------------------- > ++ The hardest thing is to disguise your feelings when you put a lot of ++ > ++ relatives on the train for home. ++
