[nycbug-talk] another. . .?

[Daniel Gonzalez]

Excellent point. I was a diehard Slackware linux user for years until I 
stumbled across Freesbie. It gave me a taste of what can be done with a 
FreeBSD based system configured primarily for desktop. I enjoyed it so 
much I've switched to FreeBSD exclusively at work and home. As a bonus, 
it enabled me to resurrect some old PCs that were destined for the 
garbage. Another flavor of BSD geared towards the desktop user, not 
sysadmin type can only do good things for *BSD in general.

Dan Gonzalez
Senior Maintenance Engineer
Cablevision Lightpath



>Y'know, I was debating posting about this.   I think that Open Source in
>general has a certain schizophrenia about it--we want to advocate its
>use but don't want it to be dumbed down.
>
>I don't think that these people are aiming at sysadmins.   :)   I think
>they're aiming at the desktop user, the less experienced user.
>
>As for Mac OSX already doing it, this is true, but it also means buying
>new (expensive) hardware and new (expensive) software, as opposed to
>taking that PIII 600 with 256 megs of Ram you have lying around. 
>
>
>So, much as the geek wannabe in me protests at this, I think, in the
>end, it's a good idea.   I don't think it'll hurt the BSDs and it might
>even get some people who will in the end, contribute to the community,
>started.  Yes, it will bring in the newcomers who might post (and even
>to groups like this)  MY NETWORK ISNT WORKING PLZ HELP THX!!!!.
>However, it seems to me, (very subjectively) that BSD is gradually
>entering the mainstream anyway, and that sort will drop in sooner or
>later.    :) 
>


Scott Robbins wrote:

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>On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 01:10:27AM -0400, George R. wrote:
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>>http://www.pcbsd.org/
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>>I find this all a bit confusing. . .
>>
>>What makes an installer 'hard'?  It doesn't look like Windows?  It 
>>seems *that* is the standard by which all installers are judged.
>>
>>I wouldn't doubt the intentions of the creators of PC-BSD, but are we 
>>really out to conquer the desktops of those who threw out their 
>>typewriters last year?  With no sarcasm, I think that OS X has 
>>reasonably done that, in that it's probably the most intuitive desktop 
>>system around.
>>
>>And if the BSDs are too difficult for certain sysadmins, they should 
>>probably find another line of work, preferably something without any 
>>remotely technical content.
>>    
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>
>
>
>Y'know, I was debating posting about this.   I think that Open Source in
>general has a certain schizophrenia about it--we want to advocate its
>use but don't want it to be dumbed down.
>
>I don't think that these people are aiming at sysadmins.  :)  I think
>they're aiming at the desktop user, the less experienced user.
>
>As for Mac OSX already doing it, this is true, but it also means buying
>new (expensive) hardware and new (expensive) software, as opposed to
>taking that PIII 600 with 256 megs of Ram you have lying around. 
>
>
>So, much as the geek wannabe in me protests at this, I think, in the
>end, it's a good idea.   I don't think it'll hurt the BSDs and it might
>even get some people who will in the end, contribute to the community,
>started.  Yes, it will bring in the newcomers who might post (and even
>to groups like this)  MY NETWORK ISNT WORKING PLZ HELP THX!!!!.
>However, it seems to me, (very subjectively) that BSD is gradually
>entering the mainstream anyway, and that sort will drop in sooner or
>later.   :)
>
>
>
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>Scott Robbins
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