From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Apr 13 20:43:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA07325 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:43:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from polaris.pacificnet.net (polaris.pacificnet.net [207.171.0.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA07263; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:43:31 GMT (envelope-from bear@pacificnet.net) Received: from ale (pm3g-25.pacificnet.net [207.171.35.74]) by polaris.pacificnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA01335; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:41:09 -0700 (PDT) env-from (bear@pacificnet.net) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980413204217.006a39f8@pacificnet.net> X-Sender: bear@pacificnet.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:42:17 -0700 To: Sue Blake , Frank Pawlak From: Joey Garcia Subject: Re: Promoting FreeBSD - the user's piece of the action. Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980413123654.14293@welearn.com.au> References: <199804130217.VAA02346@darkstar.connect.com> <29092.892387190@time.cdrom.com> <199804130217.VAA02346@darkstar.connect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hey all!! You know, I've been saying this all along....FreeBSD needs promotion. I was at the bookstore today in the Unix section....not one FreeBSD (or BSD for that matter) book did I see. None. Zilch. Nada. Although, there were more Linux books than I have fingers and toes (10 fingers, 10 toes =P ). There were also books on SCO Unix and Solaris. Well after getting tired of looking at books, I went over to the magazine rack and BAM .... there it was ... a Linux magazine. (Linux Journal) Linux, Linux everywhere. We all know that Linux has a big following....hell even I use it, just because I heard about Linux before I heard about FreeBSD ... or BSD for that matter. I learned about Unix and Linux when I kept getting nuked off IRC. Anyways, I've been using Linux for a little while now ... but I have read enough about BSD and FreeBSD to know that it's worth a try. "If Yahoo can swear by it....then it must be good", I thought. Anyways, I'm still getting more information about FreeBSD (and the other BSD's) before I migrate, but things would have helped if there were more promotion of FreeBSD...as in books, magazines (online or in print), etc. So basically...I'm willing to put forth some effort to promote FreeBSD (to help myself and others learn more about it) as in user groups or something within my area. I live in Los Angeles...and that's a big area. :) I'm willing to think about this and try to figure out ways in order to show the world that FreeBSD exists and stuff. The point of all this is that I'm up for the task of FreeBSD promotion. Joey Bear Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message