Ars Technica article on FreeBSD new user experience

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at puchar.net
Sun Apr 12 07:39:53 UTC 2020


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> Useless email posted by someone without any knowledge of the author. Yay?
> Yes, Jim doesn't have experience with current versions of FreeBSD (I believe this was his first introduction to bsdinstall). But he
> has years of experience with older versions, running ZFS-based systems. And with FreeNAS.

So i completely don't understand such people want to even test 
point-and-click software.

> No, this wasn't an in-depth review of using FreeBSD for any particular purpose. But it was a decent review of the installation
> process, pointing out pain-points to those "not in the know".

Actually it would be  better to be no installer at all, but instalation 
instructions.

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> Instead of ripping into the author, maybe look for ways to improve the installation experience. There's some great info around the
> ZFS bits that those working on bsdinstall should look into (mostly around terminology).
> 
> Cheers,
> Freddie
> 
> Typos due to smartphone keyboard.
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