5.3 crippled

[Dennis Olvany]

Removing the gui configuration from the installer is a major setback for 
people that cannot figure out how to get kde up and running. The handbook 
doesn't explain it well enough for newbs to get it going. It says, "simply 
type # xorg -configure". Well, newsflash, no file or command. Maybe I had to 
be in the correct directory, but I couldn't find it. Another suggestion said 
to use pkg_add to download and install xorg and after ten minutes of 
downloading I was back at square-one again. I've gotten earlier versions up 
and running, no-problemo, and even with the installer handling kde, it still 
required some technical skill. If someone couldn't install an earlier 
version of FreeBSD, they sure as hell can't install the latest one. I said, 
"hell with it", and I'm downloading yoper. I'm determined to get something 
up and running and that's probably why I'm about ready to punch a wall right 
now. I've figured out one thing so far, quality bsd/nix support is not easy 
to find.

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