Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 07:46:46 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> To: Stuart Henderson <stuart@internationalschool.co.uk> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com Subject: Re: makes you wonder... Message-ID: <353CB156.3B1FDDB9@ibm.net> References: <199804181916.VAA14407@yedi.iaf.nl> <19980418213331.18062@jraynard.demon.co.uk> <35398553.F354E2DF@ibm.net> <19980419103704.62237@jraynard.demon.co.uk> <353C8D33.27BA1FD@internationalschool.co.uk>
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Stuart Henderson wrote: > Computer Shopper reviewed it a few months ago and it's been mentioned in > a series about setting up commerce web sites, so they seem to be > interested. I emailed the editor suggesting they put a copy on a cover > CD, like they did with Linux a few years back, no response though. Most editors won't budge unless they get an accomplished fact thrust into their faces. We'll have to build the CD ourselves, then I'm sure they'd be glad to do it. A PPP script is a little tricky, because there are so mny variations in ISP's, especially now that M$ has mucked up the picture with their own ideas of how things should work. How about if we focus on FreeBSD as a self-contained web development system, loading Apache, Mozilla and emacs with HTML e-lisp stuff? HTML doesn't take up much space, and if we were smart, we could run the whole shebang off the CD without the HDD. And, of course, you _know_ what we could do with the root window... ;) I would prefer Java to Perl, but I haven't had enough time to sit down and dig into the JDK yet to understand its ramifications. [More O'Reilly books coming in the mail!!!] Canned configuration: FreeBSD config'd to copy root filesystem into ramdisk XFree86 in 640x480x8bpp mouse selector script fvwm (for simplicity and configurability) Apache Mozilla xscreensaver neat _active_ root window program the FreeBSD website, including Handbook An option, of course, would be to let them install this configuration onto their HDD. That way, they could actually save programs they create with the tools we give them. Now, if we could do PPP and actually bootstrap them into DL the real FreeBSD onto their HDD... :)))) -> DSW To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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