why BSDs got no love

[Peer Schaefer]

Exactly. That's what I meant when I said the installer is good but needs
a little "polishing".

--Peer


Am Dienstag, den 22.12.2009, 23:55 -0800 schrieb Shane Calimlim:
> +1 to a better installer, graphical or not.
> 
> I can practically install FreeBSD blindfolded on the current one, but only
> because I've done it so many times.  The first few attempts were extremely
> frustrating; the menu flow in the current installer makes little sense --
> especially if something goes wrong.  Please keep that in mind, everyone on
> this list knows the installer like the back of their hand, but do you
> remember the first time(s) you used it?  Know a fairly seasoned linux user
> that has never used FreeBSD?  Sit them down at a machine and watch them try
> to install it.
> 
> First impressions are important!  I won't go into the gui vs non-gui
> installer debate, but making the install process as slick as possible is
> definitely a good thing.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Charlie Kester <corky1951 at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
> > On Tue 15 Dec 2009 at 07:33:49 PST Jan Husar wrote:
> >
> >> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1123&tag=nl.e011
> >>
> >
> > Others have pointed out that PC-BSD meets the need expressed in this
> > article.
> >
> > As for FreeBSD itself, the question must be asked: do we WANT to get
> > more love from people who judge an OS by whether or not it has a
> > graphical installer?
> >
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