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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!swrinde!pipex!uunet!gatekeeper.us.oracle.com!barrnet.net!Reason.cdrom.com!news.cdrom.com!jkh From: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] Date: 18 Nov 1994 03:01:50 GMT Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 15 Message-ID: <JKH.94Nov17190150@freefall.cdrom.com> References: <3a9205$bqj@mall.sinica.edu.tw> <BENJY.94Nov15074901@blackjack.ai.mit.edu> <UWP.94Nov17173358@hydmech.fb12.tu-berlin.de> <3ah068$a8n@panix2.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: freefall.cdrom.com In-reply-to: rpritz@panix.com's message of 17 Nov 1994 20:31:52 -0500 In article <3ah068$a8n@panix2.panix.com> rpritz@panix.com (richard) writes: I believe that the slackware linux distribution gives you a menu, and you can install as much or as little as you want, from a base operating system to a bloated disk full of everything under the sun. This type of approach allows for easy installation, without forcing you to take every damned shit binary. It would be nice if FreeBSD adopted this approach (or, to be more precise, someone created such a package) You clearly haven't looked at 2.0A.. :-) 2.0B will be even more this way. We hope to have it out on Friday morning (tomorrow). Sorry for the delay, folks.. Jordan