i never liked Sysinstall that freebsd/slackware uses.

just contacted solaris, and you were right, it is free to use as long as you don't resell it.
I remembered my prev company having to buy solaris 7 and 8 back in the day

I said I knew quite enough people who use BSD unix and prefer that to linux. I have tried to install and setup an apache+musql+sendmail server on freebsd when I was just starting with linux and unix, which wasn't too long ago. and as long as I read the instructions carefully I had no trouble at all. took me a long time because of the manual reading, but I got there in two days and it worked. had almost no unix expertise back then

Why noy just use debian and apt-get its so much easier, you can have a lamp server in minutes

>but I got there in two days and it worked.

ok, there is no way i'd spend two days to install an OS. i would just install linux distros, from easiest to hardest, working my way up, then i'd go for unix. what a terrible installer.

well, that was the first install ever. now I'd manage it in maybe an hour longer than linux. but the stability is worth it

yeah sure it's worth it to you but i'd rather sit trhough a nice graphical install of sled 10 and have little problems than go through hours of pain and frustration. i guess it's always a personal choice.

never had pain and frustration with freebsd. had some with woody though. and suse... let's just say novell should have stuck with netware

Yes, Suse looks nice but it sucks

I like debian. It has a simple but easy to use text-based installer (if you can get through the first part of an xp install then you are ok)

well, Etch introduced a graphical installer, though it was only a graphical view of the usual text thing