Staffan: Do not get discouraged, KISS IT. Bad hardware? get a cheap second-hand box (mine is a Celeron).
I am a very lucky guy, my ignorance protects me from bad situations. I watch youtube videos about installations, I just finished installing OpenBSD, piece of cake. Same with FreeBSD. I keep it simple, no ZFS, no desktops environments, no display managers (I use startx) I only install packages no ports, only window managers and I do not switch until I know them well. No jails, servers, or complicated stuff for my limited mind, all I want is to read newspapers, watch videos and movies.
What can I tell you...keep at it. Hexagonal got a good howto on how to install.
I am a very lucky guy, my ignorance protects me from bad situations. I watch youtube videos about installations, I just finished installing OpenBSD, piece of cake. Same with FreeBSD. I keep it simple, no ZFS, no desktops environments, no display managers (I use startx) I only install packages no ports, only window managers and I do not switch until I know them well. No jails, servers, or complicated stuff for my limited mind, all I want is to read newspapers, watch videos and movies.
What can I tell you...keep at it. Hexagonal got a good howto on how to install.