Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:15:38 +0100 From: Kristian Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Let's make a FreeBSD ports blog! CCCCOOOL =) Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060308204431.0225c438@broadpark.no>
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Hey! There are about 10.000 ports, am I right? Not all FreeBSD users have the time to go through all of the package descriptions. But definitely all FreeBSD users have their share of favorite ports, and are interested in finding new ports that may compliment their lives. Not is the ports collection already too big for the average human intellect. It also continues to span. New programs appear on a daily basis, however there's nothing to grasp their presence and determine their quality I see this as a chance to promote FreeBSD to desktop users, which is what this project lacks. It has everything to make it superior to all the other open source operating systems, but nothing to really let it out in the open. Imagine a FreeBSD ports blog that tries to gather data on the most popular ports, sorted by ratings, downloads etc. In addition, it posts articles every now and then telling people about recent discoveries made among all the 10.000 ports. This could be a great thing! I am aware of freshports.org, this would be totally different. I know a thing or two about design, and could make the site look something like lounge72.com or linkdup.com. I have high speed hosting all standing by. A splendid name for it as well :D So, who's game? :) All the best, Vaaf
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