From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 4 05:25:14 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74555232 for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 05:25:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from captainmorgan.hollandpark.frase.id.au (110-174-235-130.static.tpgi.com.au [110.174.235.130]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C76C21B17 for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 05:25:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au (bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au [192.168.0.100]) by captainmorgan.hollandpark.frase.id.au (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t44576rb079308 for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 15:07:06 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from frase@frase.id.au) Received: from bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t44576hX079572 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 15:07:06 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from frase@frase.id.au) Received: (from fraser@localhost) by bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t445752H079571 for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Mon, 4 May 2015 15:07:05 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from frase@frase.id.au) X-Authentication-Warning: bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au: fraser set sender to frase@frase.id.au using -f Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 15:07:05 +1000 From: Fraser Tweedale To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: an unexpected BSD user Message-ID: <20150504050704.GJ25694@bacardi.hollandpark.frase.id.au> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YmemKvFH1mmyXPxa" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 05:25:14 -0000 --YmemKvFH1mmyXPxa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Most BSD users I encounter are developers, sysadmins or people in other computing fields; I guess that most people on this list would have the same experience. Occasionally I meet a person of some other vocation who is a Linux user. Rarely do I encounter a BSD user "in the wild", but it happened today so I thought I would share. Two tradesmen arrived to remove the asbestos cladding from my shed. They asked me to move my car. After doing this one of them asked, "So, are you some sort of open source developer?" "Uhh... well, yes I am. How did you guess?" "Your number plate." I was astonished. My wife has been teasing me for years that noone understands my BSD-flavoured personalised plates. Well, take that! Anyhow, I asked him whether he uses free software and he explained that he had been using BSD for 15 years (he did not specify which BSD; perhaps FreeBSD, perhaps not). So there you have it. It is easy to be blinkered and imagine that BSD is only used by computer-ing people with computer-y jobs, but it is nice to be reminded that BSD (and free software in general) does reach into the everyday lives of all kinds of people. Cheers, Fraser --YmemKvFH1mmyXPxa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVRv52AAoJEEtTkFJBEeHi600P/inLzcSpaPSJ7Fc3lssqxWHj 2hGWzLIRbLusMTRIMoqqcECa8yx6SIRg8zkzOC7amFD6D7tvEcR+8mZMAP2r0b0K U0HpYQyrV9+Ux7qhVZph+Oo7O65qvOqd6lantct2/SA/XvCtFIM7i0zl2PqQSVmk LM3+vqm0MbGKFr/wCRlnxd0oGDH9ZsparU+VcJBRNzI+11wXue8ddFG6PRyEWkPo SoBisE4/qs8PGgUMP5VJNw1+GkpxVqaEW4i2l8kawe3OVWqlyAaVwE2oBZZmPOnB cCKWJdG4vU1C0OEiX68eMoGKuiO7hzqhnC1U/X8iVXgOVogGKDByxlANq5QBtnkR pQmOz/1UTLzI/sQrVTjW2mXt7Sk/ogNUfB0ArudQu7V9bpZQg4eh4gzR33i/byKq LSqe1W/c6Y4gwlLAgxqYgtV/ubrj5Hx/oU5eGMVU4iJziBIoD437pVpZayUOIkmD m09oBUdE/5H4ywoLlfjFHjNYOxNJNVfDNZuszx83YzoYLgfddAxsPUEsWKbYKhMI 6u1tRiBgAdBF0HxPtjCGTvQoJ4M+RuaKJPpkq9zA410dT1IWu+cm/u1rGtNgJe4p AB+acb0X/zd0bDQQGYNQ9vZv247hlogSnHH/D1HBpcOeOqMVW633py038v6iboaF Ui9Ufh+N4aDugdnPsAkw =oSv0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YmemKvFH1mmyXPxa-- From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 4 17:03:15 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D8C7CA9 for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 17:03:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com (st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com [17.172.204.237]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6001218C5 for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 17:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imac.home (pool-71-99-226-124.tampfl.fios.verizon.net [71.99.226.124]) by st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.35.0 64bit (built Dec 4 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0NNU00AQ41X5VR30@st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 16:03:06 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.13.68,1.0.33,0.0.0000 definitions=2015-05-04_03:2015-05-04,2015-05-04,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=94 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=2 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1412110000 definitions=main-1505040178 From: Seo Townsend Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.1 \(1993\)) Subject: Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 456, Issue 1 Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 12:03:05 -0400 References: To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1993) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 17:03:15 -0000 I=E2=80=99m always amazed how flexible the BSDs are traditionally = designed; from clusters, embedded, and normal people's pc=E2=80=99s; = there are always things that run the BSDs without compromise and ease. Even my girlfriend, who cannot figure out two button click on her = trackpad, was able to configure an nginx server by herself using the = manual and a few resources: = https://medium.com/@KikiSchirr/installing-freebsd-on-rackspace-servers-usi= ng-nginx-ed14a250aa9c = > On May 4, 2015, at 8:00 AM, freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org = wrote: >=20 > Send freebsd-advocacy mailing list submissions to > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org >=20 > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org >=20 > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-advocacy-owner@freebsd.org >=20 > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-advocacy digest..." > Today's Topics: >=20 > 1. an unexpected BSD user (Fraser Tweedale) >=20 > From: Fraser Tweedale > To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org > Date: May 4, 2015 at 1:07:05 AM EDT > Subject: an unexpected BSD user >=20 >=20 > Most BSD users I encounter are developers, sysadmins or people in > other computing fields; I guess that most people on this list would > have the same experience. Occasionally I meet a person of some > other vocation who is a Linux user. Rarely do I encounter a BSD > user "in the wild", but it happened today so I thought I would > share. >=20 > Two tradesmen arrived to remove the asbestos cladding from my shed. > They asked me to move my car. After doing this one of them asked, > "So, are you some sort of open source developer?" >=20 > "Uhh... well, yes I am. How did you guess?" >=20 > "Your number plate." >=20 > I was astonished. My wife has been teasing me for years that noone > understands my BSD-flavoured personalised plates. Well, take that! > Anyhow, I asked him whether he uses free software and he explained > that he had been using BSD for 15 years (he did not specify which > BSD; perhaps FreeBSD, perhaps not). >=20 > So there you have it. It is easy to be blinkered and imagine that > BSD is only used by computer-ing people with computer-y jobs, but it > is nice to be reminded that BSD (and free software in general) does > reach into the everyday lives of all kinds of people. >=20 > Cheers, > Fraser >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 6 00:45:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C553DAA1 for ; Wed, 6 May 2015 00:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shell1.rawbw.com (shell1.rawbw.com [198.144.192.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B403812E6 for ; Wed, 6 May 2015 00:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yuri.doctorlan.com (c-50-184-63-128.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [50.184.63.128]) (authenticated bits=0) by shell1.rawbw.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t460jXwH039483 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 5 May 2015 17:45:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yuri@rawbw.com) X-Authentication-Warning: shell1.rawbw.com: Host c-50-184-63-128.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [50.184.63.128] claimed to be yuri.doctorlan.com Message-ID: <5549642C.6010908@rawbw.com> Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 17:45:32 -0700 From: Yuri User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: BSDstate-6.0 has been released Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 00:45:33 -0000 I am happy to announce that BSDstats-6.0 has just been released. (port sysutils/bsdstats) I took over its maintainership, cleaned it up, very close to a complete rewrite. For those who doesn't know what it is: It is the system that is anonymously reporting the general statistics about your system: CPU, hardware, OS version, installed packages. Reporting is done monthly, or on demand. Data is added to the central database, and can be viewed at http://www.bsdstats.org. It is designed for all BSDs, not just FreeBSD. Some other BSDs require it to run with bash shell. Major changes: 1. It now has "TOR" port option, that allows to submit through the tor anonymity network for even better anonymity. 2. Submission through HTTP proxy is fixed. It now works through proxies with and without authentication. 3. It works many times faster now. Usually finishes in under 10 seconds. 4. Many smaller bugs are fixed. Please install BSDstats and use it. It helps port maintainers and driver developers to better focus their efforts. It is not collecting any personally identifiable data. All data is handled with the greatest respect of your privacy in mind. Keeping it installed is all you need to do. Regards, Yuri