From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 29 09:23:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5EB106564A for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:23:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 400FB8FC12 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83BD26A6017; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:23:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.0x20.net Received: from mail.0x20.net ([217.69.76.211]) by mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.76.211]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LG635Zbz7rfp; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:23:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 34E286A6014; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:23:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3T9Mx9V082698; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:22:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q3T9MxBF081431; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:22:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:22:59 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk Message-ID: <20120429092259.GY37811@e-new.0x20.net> References: <20120427203117.GA2055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20120427170634.52a1675a@virus.local> <4f9cb48a.x8vU/6qLZViLZ+G5%perryh@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="W71gD4yytnB3xhoe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:31:42 +0000 Cc: c.hutchinson0@yahoo.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:23:01 -0000 --W71gD4yytnB3xhoe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 09:08:18PM -0400, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:24 PM, wrote: >=20 > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:06 PM, wrote: > > > > I'm wondering if spinning up a "live DVD" desktop version, using > > > > GENERIC, and/or Gnome/KDE might be a good option to take FreeBSD > > > > for a test drive ... > > > > > > There is such a very nice distribution : > > > > > > http://ghostbsd.org/ > > > > Also, freesbie.org > > >=20 > The above link is not complete . > The freesbie.org is working as follows : >=20 > http://www.freesbie.org/ >=20 >=20 > Others : >=20 > http://www.desktopbsd.net/ >=20 >=20 > There are some links in the page : >=20 > http://www.livebsd.org/ FreesBIE and DesktopBSD are loooong dead.... Why don't we add a link to PC-BSD and maybe GhostBSD (though I read at [1] that it needs to be polished more to be a user-friendly distro) to the "LATEST RELEASES" section on freebsd.org? That way we could promote FreeBSD on the desktop, have more people try and run PC-BSD and keep simple "how do I set up a desktop?" questions =66rom freebsd-questions@=20 [1] http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/02/02/ghostbsd-2-5-review/ --W71gD4yytnB3xhoe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+dCHMACgkQKc512sD3afgqRgCgrOvzKGyarsEhd4Mzhiq9pqZ9 KuMAn1s4VnJzV3K04Rd6CeACKC0rFlBe =msZI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W71gD4yytnB3xhoe--