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([190.177.216.167]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm1107579ywl.4.2008.11.20.09.15.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:15:32 -0800 (PST) From: Gonzalo Nemmi To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:15:31 -0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <492544FC.9090504@FreeBSD.org> <49256AE4.3030604@praxisvermittlung24.de> In-Reply-To: <49256AE4.3030604@praxisvermittlung24.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811201515.31281.gnemmi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Add a Splash Screen Section to the Handbook? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:15:34 -0000 On Thursday 20 November 2008 11:49:24 am Daniel Seuffert wrote: > Gabor PALI wrote: > > Dear members, > > > > > > A few days ago we received a generous contribution from Joseph J. > > Barbish on using splash screens in FreeBSD [1]. Initially, it started > > as a fix for the FAQ, but after I suggested Joe to insert the > > descriptive part of his work into the Handbook, he offered an entire > > section for referencing from the FAQ. > > > > He recommended to put this section into Chapter 3 ("UNIX Basics"), but I > > would like to receive some comments on this before I start to integrate > > it into that chapter. (Do you think it is needed, if yes, it is a good > > place for that and so on.) Of course, after it has been moved to the > > Handbook, it would shorten the corresponding FAQ entry to contain only > > the necessary references and to avoid unnecessary duplication of the > > content. > > > > > > Thank you for your comments in advance. > > Dear Gabor, > > thank you and Joseph for your work! > > Please go for it, a lot of desktop users want it. > > Chapter 3 seems appropriate for me. > > Wouldn't it be nice to have some FreeBSD specific splash > screens in the artwork section or elsewhere and you mention > it in your section? Maybe it would be good idea to ask > on advocacy for proposals? Indeed .. I've been thinking about this for a long time ... there's a severe lack of FreeBSD related artwork .. so much so that I was thinking on paying some artists I know to come up with a series of FreeBSD boot/splash/backgrounds/sleeves and CD-DVD cover images ... Peer Schaefer's work (CD-ROM labels, sleeves and cases for FreeBSD) is impecable, but he seems to be the only one working on FreeBSD art: http://www.wolldingwacht.de/foss/freebsd/cdrom-artwork/ I translated the text on his CD-ROM labels, sleeves and cases for FreeBSD into spanish in order to get some "globalized" advocacy: http://www.wolldingwacht.de/foss/freebsd/cdrom-artwork-es/ On august this year, Daniel Seuffert was asking for posters to use at events: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2008-August/003701.html I believe OpenBSD sets the standar on this one .. with new OpenBSD related art on every release, posters, t-shirts, lots of stickers and so on ... http://images.kd85.com/notforsale/blowfishsticker.pdf http://eurobsd.org/2005-WhatTheHack/reports/wvdputte-20050730/tn/DSC03983.JPG.html http://images.kd85.com/notforsale/openbsd-en-flyer-1.9.3.v8.pdf http://kd85.com/notforsale.html I've been hesitant on wether or not to bring this issue up on freebsd-advocacy but if I'm not alone on this one, I'm willing to do so. I thought that Anton Gural's work would have put an end to this ... but it did not :( > Best regards, Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Just in case you are wondering; yes .. i know this mail should have been sent to advocacy@ .. but the thread started in here ... so .. if I'm not alone and there's consensus, I'll resend it to advocacy@ when the time comes. Regards -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi