What FreeBSD users really want

[David Stanford]

On 7/22/06, sammy sumer <sammy.sumer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> Greeting from Australia
>
> I commend your efforts and your success. Following are some gripes with
> FreeBSD and ideas to fix them.
>
> I have been using FreeBSD for a few years. I have also played with lots of
> Linux distributions but still FreeBSD is my first choice as a computer
> system admin and backend web developer.
>
> But you know what pisses me off about FreeBSD? It is the little things.
>
> Every Linux Distributor in the world is hard at work reinventing the
> interface and making the Linux as user friendly as possible but we're
> still
> dogged by turn of the century hassle with our FreeBSD.
>
> Here is what I would fix:
>
> 1.    Reinvent the installer and interface.
>
> Fundamental thing like system installer is still phenomenally arcane.
> There
> is no excuse for FreeBSD developers not to upgrade the system installer
> and
> why not using disk imaging technology like Norton ghost or Acronis
> TrueImageinstead of the traditional installation.


http://wikitest.freebsd.org/BSDInstaller

-David
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