Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 12:03:05 -0400 From: Seo Townsend <seotownsend@icloud.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 456, Issue 1 Message-ID: <AE4F223D-6691-412A-916D-454C790099F4@icloud.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.16.1430740800.38619.freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.16.1430740800.38619.freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>
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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 = <https://medium.com/@KikiSchirr/installing-freebsd-on-rackspace-servers-us= ing-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 <frase@frase.id.au> > 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"
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