I haven't really done a fresh install since 4.8 . I didn't know the partitions were mounted . I don't see a problem with making the operating system user friendly enough that the only command line you really need to do is maybe "pkg_add -u" or pkg_add for installing new software. If they want to run a two nic gateway, let them read the man-pages.
-Luke On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Dmitrij D. Czarkoff <czark...@gmail.com> wrote: > Luke Small said: > > There are other features that inexperienced users could benefit from, > like > > selecting a mirror for PKG_PATH and putting it into .profile . I think > that > > it would be convenient to be able have a new user not to have to wade > > through man pages to learn about "echo " PKG_PATH..." >> /root/.profile" > or > > learn vi to install kde or gnome or an easier to use text editor like > pico. > > I suspect you are driving away folks by making it only useable by folks > > that REALLY want to use it and it doesn't have to be that way. > > Ironically installer creates /etc/pkg.conf with package path set to > mirror used during installation. That puts "easier" editors like pico, > as wel as gnome and kde, just one pkg_add away. > > On the other hand, if someone doesn't want to learn shell syntax and > other Unix basics, we would do a misservice by hiding the fact that this > knowledge is strictly necessary on OpenBSD. > > -- > Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
