From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 19:53:38 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7769D65; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sib@tormail.org) Received: from outgoing.tormail.org (outgoing.tormail.org [82.221.96.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78029EE4; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=internal.tormail.org) by outgoing.tormail.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UB9Xh-0002PJ-P3; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:53:29 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tormail.org; s=tm; h=Message-Id:X-TorMail-User:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Cc:To:From:Subject:Date; bh=FusOKvF6S4GcDbEwkrS+EkT1QNxybUqnP9lqeZl8WOk=; b=ms/+7cr9yGiB1a9Z2NLW7K/tWcx+tDog4ChhCF1UkqflCkGOt5wiCuPemTZVPZ777t8CfeL7807S+ATrVzIL/yRYYnwIm6RnvwAFZ9Nuhq1t/2auEdiBBCqazaAlo+ytsHQKVOLobUPd3IQcxWcze2G3atCjlkVyj8LEFIMRDes=; Received: from sib by internal.tormail.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1UB9VE-0002eY-EQ; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:50:52 +0000 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:50:52 -0000 Subject: BSD For Linux Users (update) From: sib@tormail.org To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Importance: High X-TorMail-User: sib Message-Id: <1UB9VE-0002eY-EQ@internal.tormail.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:38 -0000 Hi -advocacy, -chat, -doc. I'm sure most of you are familiar with this page: https://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01 Since I started using FreeBSD, it's been the go-to link to send to people asking "why should I use BSD over Linux" or "what makes FreeBSD so great?" or even just "what are the differences?" I still send this link to new users because a lot of it has withstood the test of time, and still applies to today's environment. However, there are some things that have definitely changed in our OS that I think should be added. This article really needs to be modernized to today's standards with a list of updated tools and methods. I've tried contacting the person who wrote it about getting it updated, even offering to do so myself, but never got a reply. My question to you: Would anyone here be interested in updating it (or just helping a bit) to be more accurate with the modern FreeBSD world, and has a place to host it that we can link to? I think this would really be a nice improvement and help us teach more new users about how we do things. Also, a few official pages on freebsd.org are growing a bit old (references to CVS, etc.) and might need similar treatment: FreeBSD: An Open Source Alternative to Linux https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-comparison/article.html FreeBSD Quickstart Guide for Linux Users https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-users/index.html Comparing BSD and Linux https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/explaining-bsd/comparing-bsd-and-linux.html I'm going to begin going through all of these pages in the next few days and see what needs to be updated and how much work this will be, but I would greatly appreciate any help from the community!