Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:16:46 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSD XXI Manifesto [agree] [intersting] Message-ID: <CA%2BhQ2%2Bips2zMyhQBDPRjYhYZZHvib9BCGexB011M4m152gkeoQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53082EC5.3060709@allanjude.com> References: <20140218072821.GF34282@FreeBSD.org> <5308099F.4090706@freebsd.org> <53082EC5.3060709@allanjude.com>
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> wrote: > On 2014-02-21 21:21, Julian Elischer wrote: > > On 2/18/14, 3:28 PM, Wojciech A. Koszek wrote: > >> (cross-posted message: eventual discussion let's keep on hackers@) > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> After being disappointed with the list of submitted FreeBSD ideas, I > >> created > >> my own Machiavellist vision of XXI-century FreeBSD. I paste it below. > >> If you > >> want to add something, it's here: > >> > >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/BSD_XXI_Manifesto > >> > >> GSOC students could use this as an inspiration for their projects. The > >> idea > >> is to invite non-C, non-OS, non-kernel developers to help out with > >> FreeBSD > >> stuff. > >> > >> ============ > >> > >> BSDXXI manifesto > > [nice stuff] removed for brevity > > > > I like all this.. I thought you meant XXI to mean the "FreeBSD's 21st > > year" > > but there is more than one year's worth of stuff there. > > > > I really suggest people seriously look at the list.. lots of really neat > > ideas. > > peole who are not necessarily C coders could do lots of this if we had a > > project to gather people under to do it. > > PCBSD people would be a core of interested people.. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I can see the remote controlled installer being especially useful for > 'appliance' type devices, like FreeNAS, pfSense, FUDO, etc. > > yes i agree the approach is nice. what is unfortunate is that sometimes these appliances are in environments where there is no [open] wireless access so one might consider bringing two usb sticks -- the disk image and a wifi. > How would your phone find the address of the machine once it boots off > the USB, so you could access the web server? > I presume UPNP can come to help here. Otherwise the appliance can try and encode the information with one of the following methods (with a matching app on the phone): - with a QR code on the screen, if it has one; - playing tones on the speakers, if it has one; - flashing leds (e.g. some USB keys have 'activity' leds) cheers luigi
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