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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: *** Is FreeBSD easy to install ??? ***
Date: 11 Oct 1996 11:27:45 GMT
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In article <53g9fe$e8j@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu>,
pleung@cs.buffalo.edu (Patrick Leung) writes:
> it also sucks big time when it comes to memory management.
> That's why some people buy and use other memory managers to install on top
> of their msdos boxes, like QEMM, RAM doubler, MAX.
> Believe me, no programmer I know likes the way MSDOS handles memory.
That depends on what you're using to "program". For straight forward
C/C++ development, the Symantec compiler gives you a flat 32bit memory
model :)
>: Basically, the only DOS service that is moderately in use is the
>: filesystem.
> I admit that no one OS is perfect, and each has it's own problems,
> but some are worse than others. By now, the worst of the worst OS
> that I've seen thus far are those made by Microsoft.
I think they're getting better. What Microsoft produces is extremely
functional, although not even close to technically excellent.
Of course DOS is another story - but at least it lets you DIY.
> And in answer to the original poster's questin, FreeBSD is supereasy to
> install. ;-))
Not really. If you've got a SCSI cdrom, it may be supereasy. I've used
FreeBSD since it was 386BSD and wouldn't consider myself a novice. I
almost always have a great deal of difficulty setting FreeBSD up on
a new PC - installing via NFS, FTP etc must at least be described as
"tricky".
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....