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 <corky1...@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? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org > > " > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
