Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:27:34 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Information, new, propaganda:) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011070927080.3404-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <010d01c04998$04ceeb20$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru>
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Sounds like you're volunteering to head up a major redesign of the web site... :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Artem Koutchine wrote: > Hi! > > Just so you understand me right, i am a happy FreeBSD user for many years > now and i doubt that i will ever switch to something else. (i have come from > 2.2.1 to 4.2 now, always working in stable). > > I just wanted to point out that freebsd site really sucks when it comes to > the news and propaganda. > > If i were a person considering freebsd and i was peridically watching > freebsd.org for the update all I would notice is a bunch of new comiters and > periodic releases of new version. That's all. No other news, no periodic > updates, no news about what's going on around it. The site does not give any > idea in what ways freebsd is different from windows and, of course, linux. > It does not have any screenshots (AND YES, they are important for the > newbees). For example, look at the kde site. What do they have on the first > page? NEWS!!! Most sites have NEWS on the first page, because NEWS > give people an idea that the project is alive. The only way to know, that > freebsd project is alive (and i know for sure, that IT IS MORE ALIVE THEN > ANYTHING on the planet) is to do cvsup daily and read the mailists. This is > no right way to attract new people. > > That way about the new people. Now about what i don't like: The site never > contains technical information what's planned or what's changed. For > example, i HAVE NOT IDEA what's new in 5.0-CURRENT or even what's > new in 4.2 comparing to 4.1.1. > > I think we need more news! > > Regards, > Artem > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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