On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell < campb...@neotext.ca> wrote:
> Just as a matter of (timing&sizing) interest, how much > experience with other OS do you have? > I'm trying > to understand what attractions and difficulties newer > users might have with OBSD, I would use OpenBSD for running Java applications especially for following financial markets on a laptop in a public location. > and cannot really use my > own experience as a realistic gage (I've used things like > Minix since the 80's and my first experience with OBSD > was shortly after it's initial release). > > Dhu > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:29:10 -0800 > Marc Runkel <mrun...@untangle.com> wrote: > > > Based on this email, I'd recommend you spend some of the money you've > made in > > the market and hire some computer expertise in your neighborhood. > > > > The fact that you're getting stuck at adding packages and "run executable > > files" is a big red flag for me. > > > > It shouldn't cost more than a few hundred dollars to have someone install > > Linux or *BSD for you to your specifications. > > > > Based on your email, no amount of remote handholding is going to get you > to a > > working system that you'll be happy with. > > > > As a point of reference, I went from 0 experience in OpenBSD to having a > fully > > configured system in < 4 hours. Just by reading the installation guide. > > > > Let us know what area you're in and I'm sure someone can recommend > someone. > > > > M. > > > > > > > > > > On 2/21/09 12:17 PM, "Chris Cooper" <linux...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > I hope someone out there has plenty of patience and understanding. I > have > > been playing > > with open source for a number of years without much success. The closest > I > > have come > > to success is with Suse 10.2, but it is very unstable. I have mouse > freezes, > > icon > > disappearances, and at times the screen goes negative on me-white becomes > > black etc. > > I have downloaded PCBSD and DesktopBSD to where I had the desktop, but > > neither > > would connect to the internet. And I could delete less from these OS > than I > > could from Windows. The smaller and much more secure OpenBSD seemed to > fit > > the > > bill. However, I need help. Nothing I do seems to work. I have five > books > > on > > FreeBSD and "Absolute OpenBSD" by Lucas. I can do simple stuff like pwd, > cd, > > ls, > > mnt CD, etc., but I cannot pkg_add from the 4.3 CD or run executable > files. > > What > > I would like to do is add a browser and get on the web. My computer > needs > > are > > small; 95% of my time is following the markets. I do not have three > degrees > > in > > computer science, in fact I only have one degree and it is in economics. > I > > do > > well in the market, but BSD really has me confused. I know the OpenBSD > > community > > does not like to deal with simpletons like myself, but I would appreciate > > enough > > help to get me started. I have OpenBSD on my spare HP Pavilion N5250 > > notebook > > with > > an Intel pentium CPU but it is not connected to the internet. > > > > Thank you.
