Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 07:57:37 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-users@freebsd-uk.eu.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show Message-ID: <35BEC7E1.3515109A@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980725012937.16068A-100000@orion.webspan.net> <35BC49D9.4BE31CDA@internationalschool.co.uk> <35BC7511.9E796F8A@uk.radan.com> <35BC9D50.71576D37@internationalschool.co.uk> <35BDDA22.B69C9DCB@uk.radan.com> <35BDE8D6.8FBBFFF3@uk.radan.com> <19980728173803.A237@ljis.ml.org> <35BE55CA.CFB36749@uk.radan.com> <19980729000042.A555@ljis.ml.org>
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Lee Johnston wrote:
> > I've got to get an address from Chris Bidmead (the guy at PCW) to send
> > the CD's to, and I'm going to offer to e-mail him the 2 FreeBSD
> > Newsletters (better ask first as they as nearly 1MB zipped!) to give him
> > some info about real-world uses of FreeBSD. If you've any suggestions
> > for info to go on a 'flyer' to send with the CD's let me know. I'll send
> > him the CD's as soon as I receive them from you.
>
> Sounds like you've got it planned!
>
> Maybe we should include step by step instructions on how to install FreeBSD,
> but it sounds like he's used FreeBSD before so this will proberbly be pointless.
>
Yes, no need really, he's not going to have problems with it. Besides which, we
need FreeBSD assessed "as is"
> > Don't know if you read PCW or not, but they put the Hands On sections
> > (which cover all major OS's and several other topics) on the cover CD's
> > in PDF format, covering the preceding 12 months. So if we get a good
> > write-up hopefully we can get permission to post these on suitable Web
> > sites (www.freebsd.org?).
> >
> I read PCW a couple of months back, but I didn't really read the Hands On
> section. I'll buy a copy tomorrow and take a look.
When you do, take a look on the CD at /handson/pdfs/unix.pdf and find the March
1998 pages. This is where he reports about installing via ftp the version he
current has. In it he praises the FreeBSD team for a simple install routine and
make other favourable comments.
The whole file is several MB in size so I can't attach it to an e-mail. However,
we have the complete Acrobat suite at work so I'll see if it is possible to
extract sections from a PDF.
>
> I'm sure the permission thing will be no problem, if it is we could put
> it up on the User Group site and get a link from www.freebsd.org.
>
Yes
> Do you think I should phone any other magazines??? I know Computer
> Shopper recently published a good review of FreeBSD by Mike James.
Good idea. I read that arcticle, very good review. Bill Poel who writes for
Shopper gives good, balanced, objective comments on OS's, maybe he would be a
better target at Shopper. His e-mail address is <william@poel.co.uk>
>
> Regards,
>
> Lee.
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