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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!cc.ntnu.edu.tw!t22034 From: t22034@cc.ntnu.edu.tw (Yi Lee) Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] Message-ID: <1994Nov15.081333.4623@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Sender: news@cc.ntnu.edu.tw Nntp-Posting-Host: sun3 Organization: NTNU, Taiwan, R.O.C. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3a9205$bqj@mall.sinica.edu.tw> <3a94vm$gns@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 08:13:33 GMT Lines: 26 Harf (mbandy@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu) wrote: : For one thing, there's a lot more documentation around for Linux outside : the man pages, and for another, installing *BSD is much harder than installing : Linux (although I installed FreeBSD-2.0-ALPHA about an hour ago and it wasn't : bad at all). People use Linux because it's more friendly and easy to use for : most people who don't have a whole lot of experience administrating and using : UNIX-like systems. I think I can second this. I've been a linuxer since 0.99p13 but still feel frustrated with installing *BSD system. Of course my out-of-date hardware (and my incapalibity :-) also should be blame. BTW, can any one knowlegable point me to a step-by-step installation guide (FreeBSD or NetBSD), if it exists? : -- Matt Bandy <mbandy@uni.uiuc.edu> -- Lee, Yi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = I can resist anything but TEMPTATION. = = -- O. W. -- = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=