Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:28:39 +0100 (CET) From: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> Subject: www/91189: [patch] some more fresh content for en/advocacy/myths.sgml Message-ID: <20060101222839.20DE8998451@server.t-hosting.hu> Resent-Message-ID: <200601012230.k01MU4YJ095494@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 91189
>Category: www
>Synopsis: [patch] some more fresh content for en/advocacy/myths.sgml
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-www
>State: open
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>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 01 22:30:03 GMT 2006
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>Originator: Gabor Kovesdan
>Release: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p17 amd64
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: FreeBSD server.t-hosting.hu 5.3-RELEASE-p17 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p17 #0: Mon Jul 4 20:23:15 CEST 2005 root@server.t-hosting.hu:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/FREEBSD amd64
>Description:
- Add new content about derivative projects
- Fix typo (missing dot)
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- myths.sgml.diff begins here ---
--- myths.sgml.orig Sat Dec 31 14:55:24 2005
+++ myths.sgml Sun Jan 1 23:24:48 2006
@@ -136,23 +136,78 @@
or derivative works of *BSD</h3>
<p>You can. You just need to say in the documentation and source
- files where the code is derived from.</p>
+ files where the code is derived from. A bunch of FreeBSD-derivative
+ projects exist:</p>
- <p>For example, PicoBSD is a tailored distribution of FreeBSD that
- fits on a floppy. It's great for turning a diskless 386 PC into a
- router or a network print server. Another popular FreeBSD derivate
- is FreeSBIE, a complete desktop running off the CD-ROM.</p>
-
- <p>The Whistle Interjet is a ``network appliance'' that acts as a
- router, web server, mailhost (and other functionality), and can be
- configured using a web browser. The underlying operating system is
- FreeBSD, and Whistle have contributed many of their code
- enhancements back to the FreeBSD project (while keeping enough of
- them proprietary that they can stay in business).</p>
-
- <p>The OpenBSD project started as a spinoff from the NetBSD project, and
- has since evolved its own distinctive approach. Similarly, DragonflyBSD
- derives from FreeBSD 4.X.</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><p><a href="http://www.dragonflybsd.org/main/">;
+ DragonflyBSD:</a> It started as a code fork from
+ FreeBSD 4.x, but it has since its own user community and
+ development goals.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://www.trustedbsd.org">;
+ TrustedBSD:</a> This project provides a set of trusted
+ operating system extensions to the FreeBSD operating
+ system, targeting the Common Criteria for Information
+ Technology Security Evaluation (CC). This project is
+ still under development, and much of the code is destined
+ to make its way back into the base FreeBSD operating
+ system, but the development takes place separately.<p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://www.freesbie.org/">;
+ FreeSBIE:</a> A complete desktop running off the CD-ROM.
+ It can also be installed, but extremely useful for
+ diskless computers.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://frenzy.org.ua/eng/">;
+ Frenzy:</a> Another live-CD distribution, but customized
+ for administering tasks. It contains software for
+ hardware test, file system check, security check
+ and network setup and analysis.<p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html">;
+ PicoBSD:</a> A tailored distribution of FreeBSD that
+ fits on a floppy. It's great for turning diskless 386
+ PC into a router or a network print server. It is
+ based on FreeBSD 3.x.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="../projects/nanobsd/">
+ NanoBSD:</a> An another project to produce a
+ reduced versions of FreeBSD to put it on a Compact Flash
+ card or other mass storage.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://www.tinybsd.org/tinybsd">;
+ TinyBSD:</a> It is a set of tools made up of shell scripts
+ designed to allow easy development of Embedded Systems
+ based on FreeBSD 5.x and 6.x.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://www.pcbsd.org/">;
+ PC-BSD:</a> A desktop-oriented FreeBSD derivative. It's intended
+ to be easy to install and well-supported by its community.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://www.desktopbsd.net/">;
+ DesktopBSD:</a> Another FreeBSD-based operating system
+ customized for desktop usability.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><a href="http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/">;
+ m0n0wall:</a> A FreeBSD-based firewall system that has
+ many of the features of expensive firewalls, e.g. web interface,
+ reset factory defaults, stateful packet filtering, NAT/PAT
+ redirection, DHCP client and server, caching DNS forwarder
+ and more.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The Whistle Interjet: A ``network appliance'' that acts as a
+ router, web server, mailhost (and other functionality), and can be
+ configured using a web browser. The underlying operating system is
+ FreeBSD, and Whistle have contributed many of their code
+ enhancements back to the FreeBSD project (while keeping enough of
+ them proprietary that they can stay in business).</p></li>
+
+</ul>
+
+ <p>Similarly to DragonflyBSD, OpenBSD was not a standalone project,
+ it started as a spinoff from the NetBSD project, and has since evolved
+ its own distinctive approach.</p>
<hr noshade size="1">
@@ -348,7 +403,7 @@
<h3><a name="beaten">(insert some</a> other system) is better than *BSD</h3>
- <p>This is user opinion only</p>
+ <p>This is user opinion only.</p>
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