Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:43:20 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Some corrections about freebsdnews.org Message-ID: <200301272043.20423.will@unfoldings.net>
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Thought I should get my two cents too. It seems that there's been alot of= =20 confusion in the past few days about what we're planning to do. As I note= d in=20 my previous post, freebsdnews.org, which will (hopefully) go up on Feb 14= ,=20 will not be (just) another PHP post forum. We'll have such a thing with=20 headlines mirroring freebsd.org/news, and interesting (but short) posts o= n=20 slashdot and other such places. The main focus however will be a kind of "in-depth" news site. We're hopi= ng to=20 have FreeBSD-specific articles, posted by anybody who feels like it, and=20 edited (hopefully) by somebody with the needed skills like Michael or Pet= er.=20 We'd like to try and push these to more major publications, ie, news pape= rs,=20 magazines, or, atleast, to get their awareness level to such a point wher= e=20 they would consider writing such things themselves. Ofcourse, these artic= les=20 would be public domain, so anybody who feels like it can republish (which= is=20 exactly what we would want) The aim of freebsdnews.org, basically, is to get the general public,=20 especially the less tech-savvy folks who might just find it interesting,=20 aware of FreeBSD. The Linux people have done a great job by writing about= =20 their new kid on the block OS on every oportunity, and having their large= r=20 commercial distributions push full-page adds. We don't need full-page add= s,=20 but a few full pages of propaganda every now and then will do a world of=20 good. Also maybe things like a "letter from the trenches", informal HOWTOs wher= e=20 people experimenting with general FreeBSD things can keep a diary of thei= r=20 experiences for other people to work from. A long, very detailed article = on=20 configuring WINE on FreeBSD, showing people how to get their favourite ga= me=20 running perfectly, instead of just a quick note that it works (which woul= d=20 suffice in my case) would be all we need to persuade some of the worlds=20 gamers and would be UNIX enthusiasts to give FreeBSD a try. Maybe even interesting factoid pages like biographies of FreeBSD develope= rs,=20 contributors, etc. I've never been one for reinventing the wheel, and we certainly don't wan= t to=20 try and do what slashdot and daemonnews and freebsd.org already do very w= ell.=20 We'll see where this goes and if it helps :) Will --=20 Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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