From: Richard Toohey <richardtoo...@paradise.net.nz>
> Welcome to OpenBSD. Thanks! > The installation? Boot off the CD and follow the instructions and OpenBSD > will be installed 5 minutes later. Yes, that's already done. I really meant 'configuring' the installation, not 'setting up'. Basically I am trying to make fvwm and others look nicer than the somewhat ugly defaults of the base. > Install an application - pkg_add Yes, I am familiar with this sort of package management - I used it in Arch Linux, were 'pacman' I believe was inspired by the *BSD system, like a lot of its structure. > Then go and do the reading. Right! I did read a lot before installing, but I was mainly concerned with hardware compatibility and also porting some applications I have written for Linux. Only hardware issue, so far, is lack of support for my ASUS Xonar sound card. Software wise, one of my apps fails when I enable multi-threading, so this may be an issue if I don't find the cause, likely something wrong in my amateurish self-taught programming. > Expect to still be reading and learning many years later - I am. Between the > man pages, the FAQs, the source, and your favourite search engine - it's > (usually!) all there. Yes, usable documentation is one of the more important attractions of OBSD for me. I have been frustrated with Linux documentation quite often, especially ALSA, which I need in some of my Ham Radio software. > Just remember - it's not Linux, it hasn't got the deep pockets (filled with > $$$s) of Ubuntu. Yeah, perhaps the micro$oft of Linux! > It's not dumbed down - it expects the end-user to do a bit of thinking - how > can it guess/assume what is required on your machine or how it should be > configured? No problem, the documentation as we agree is excellent, I usually find that the hardest thing is arriving at the right place! Here I find that chosing the right keywords for Google search is something of an art. > It's better at some things, worse at others, ahead in some ways, behind in others. It won't cure cancer, but no kittens or babies are harmed. > Only you can decide if it works for work in the way you need it to. Different jobs > need different tools. YMMV. I just need stability and a good software development environment, were OBSD should excel. I am getting tired of the relentless march of changes in a distro like Arch, although others are, as you say, more stable but 'dumbed down' > Good luck. Thanks! but I think its more a matter of hard work... ;-) Regards Neoklis - Ham Radio Call 5B4AZ QTH Locator KM64KR Website: http://www.qsl.net/5b4az/ ________________________________
