Re: Simplifying FreeBSD Installation

2004-03-08 Thread James Gallagher
On 8 Mar 2004, at 22:44, Jerry McAllister wrote: It might help to have some wizards for network setup, but in the FreeBSD world, the network topologies are many and varied. So, just doing a MS predestination trick and creating a wizard that limits you to someone's narrow idea of a network woul

Re: Simplifying FreeBSD Installation

2004-03-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Some comments on your comments. Skipping lots. > 1) The installation procedure is not as polished as say that of > WinXP, but that is to be expected. It has been pointed out by others that > while the routine does offer many useful configuration options, it fail to > fully explain them to t

RE: Simplifying FreeBSD Installation

2004-03-08 Thread Marc Silver
Hi there, I understand what you're getting at, but I think that you may be overlooking one important fact: FreeBSD is developed by people with a passion for the operating system, who want nothing more than to make it the best they can. They volunteer their time to the project, foregoing financial