I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried
installing version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine.
I thought I succeeded in doing it so, but when I tried to
build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the ports
installed and that some other dependencies were also
missing. I realized then that the installation had not been
as successful as I first thought.
So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I
didn't have an Internet connection to that machine. Well, I
kept getting more and more hardware/software errors. I then
tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. And that was what I
did; I tried.
Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried
to install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was
realizing that anything that had to do with FreeBSD that
could go wrond would go wrong, be it the software
installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work and
headache that I have been experiencing to move a single
'inch' towards a working Unix environment has been
enourmously frustating. The worst part of it all is that I
have not accomplished anything tangible at all.
I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix'
bandwagon for good and move back to MS Windows. At least I
will be able to concentrate on doing real productive work,
instead of dealing with temperamental hardware and software
every time I touch the PC.
Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the
configuration fight to the end. I failed to see the 'Power
to Serve'.
Bye,
Fernando
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