Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 19:20:43 -0800 From: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, Michael Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advocacy Message-ID: <3704378B.8F9281B5@uswest.net> References: <3.0.5.32.19990401160343.007d6620@199.107.2.1> <370395C4.899B3EFE@thuntek.net> <19990402121748.Q413@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Thursday, 1 April 1999 at 8:50:28 -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: > > Michael Doyle wrote: > >> > >> Here's an idea for promoting FreeBSD- > >> > >> Last week I picked up a PC magazine that had Linux on the > >> cover disk (a 1 CD distribution of Red Hat) > >> > >> Couldn't we put together a 1 CD install/distribution > >> of either 2.2.8 or 3.1 and get one or more of the PC > >> magazines to put it on their covers? > >> > > We have talked about this. The short answer is "yes", but it's got to > > either work from the CDROm or install onto the FAT32 system. Another > > improvement is to make it a 'newbie demo' version that would come up > > pretty for newbies with a lot of eye-catching demo stuff. We will > > definitely re-visit this issue. I'm going to be in Concord, CA the 7-8-9 > > to visit with Jordan and the folks from WC. We'll talak about this & > > many other things! > > Cybernet were giving away a CD which runs FreeBSD directly from the CD > at USENIX last year. It was a demo for their NetMax software, which > runs on FreeBSD, but it should be possible to modify it to run > straight FreeBSD. Contact Michael Suarez <msuarez@cybernet.com>. The WC set already has a live filesystem on it, couldn't we just use that, then modify it for flashiness, like include a splash screen, full XF86 install and Mozilla? -- dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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