The case for FreeBSD

[Patrick Bowen]

supraexpress at globaleyes.net wrote:

>One of the main "stumbling blocks" to using FreeBSD is the installation
>process. I have had "lots of fun" (not!) with NetBSD's line-mode/shell-script
>"installer" and confusing companion installation instructions, in the past; I
>only tried OpenBSD once and don't remember anything about its installation
>process, but I seem to recall that it was similar to NetBSD's; FreeBSD's
>'DOS-like menu' system is a travisty and IS PROBABLY THE ONE THING THAT TURNS
>OFF MORE PROSPECTIVE FBSD USERS THAN ANYTHING ELSE - I know - I have heard!
>  
>
I found that installing FreeBSD using sysinstall was faster and easier 
that a lot of other OS's, including various flavors of Linux.

Patrick Bowen