Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:19:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Jared Barneck <rhyous@yahoo.com> To: Michael DeMan <freebsd@deman.com>, "advocacy@freebsd.org" <advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSD media is going to 200 cities for http://softwarefreedomday.org Message-ID: <1314249551.47772.YahooMailNeo@web130211.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <A3A5AF09-FA51-4CA4-8EDA-26DFFA9A72B6@deman.com> References: <201108242244.p7OMiiaW010464@fire.js.berklix.net> <CAEAOKZfLm=KcLpbCMqLKV0hruULhK9xSy706pTgQLVJJT70Qaw@mail.gmail.com> <A3A5AF09-FA51-4CA4-8EDA-26DFFA9A72B6@deman.com>
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Michael,=0A=0AYou use PC-BSD (http://www.pcbsd.org) if you want an EZ deskt= op.=0A=0AThere is no EZ desktop for FreeBSD itself.=0A=0A=0AThanks,=0A=0A= =A0=0AJared=0A=0Ahttp://www.rhyous.com=0A=0A=0A____________________________= ____=0AFrom: Michael DeMan <freebsd@deman.com>=0ATo: advocacy@freebsd.org= =0ASent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:42 PM=0ASubject: Re: BSD media is goi= ng to 200 cities for http://softwarefreedomday.org=0A=0AIn all honesty, I h= aven't setup FreeBSD in a few years for a desktop - we like it for servers = & routers.=0A=0AHowever, I seem to recall that the install was pretty painl= ess.=0A=0AOut of curiosity - what is the status for EZ install/usage for so= mething like 'FreeBSD on the desktop' ?=0A=0AThanks,=0A=0A- mike=0A=0AOn Au= g 24, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Mark Lein wrote:=0A=0A> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:4= 4 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:=0A> =0A>> Hi advocacy@freeb= sd.org=0A>> BSD media is in transit to 200 global cities for=0A>> http://so= ftwarefreedomday.org in 23 days=0A>> =0A>> However it &/or other BSD media = will need copying to keep up with Linux=0A>> as theres a Lot more free Ubun= tu CDROMs going out at the same time,=0A>> (a question of what richest spon= sor pays most for)=0A>> =0A>> You could offer to run off a batch for your l= ocal city's SFD team.=0A>> Maybe charge a beer or coffee copying charge per= media to cover cost ?=0A>> =0A>> You could join the softwarefreedomday.org= team in your local city,=0A>> to help promote free software.=0A>>=A0 =A0 = =A0 http://softwarefreedomday.org/map/index.php?year=3D2011=0A>>; =0A>> A sa= mple from Munich Germany http://berklix.org/sfd/=0A>>; =0A>> Cheers,=0A>> Ju= lian=0A>> --=0A>> Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munic= h=0A>> http://berklix.com=0A>>; Reply below, not above;=A0 Indent with "> ";= =A0 Cumulative like a play script.=0A>> Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multi= part/alternative, base64,=0A>> quoted-printable.=0A>> _____________________= __________________________=0A>> freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list= =0A>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy=0A>>; To un= subscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org=0A>> = "=0A>> =0A> =0A> Now first off, don't get me wrong as I love FreeBSD... but= wouldn't it make=0A> more sense to send out something like PC-BSD? Somethi= ng that people can run=0A> without muss nor fuss, like Ubuntu?=0A> =0A> Mar= k=0A> _______________________________________________=0A> freebsd-advocacy@= freebsd.org mailing list=0A> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free= bsd-advocacy=0A> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubsc= ribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A_______________________________________________=0Afr= eebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/= listinfo/freebsd-advocacy=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advoc= acy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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