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Date:      Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:29:06 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        www@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [RFC] Minor update to applications.sgml
Message-ID:  <20050212122906.GF51102@submonkey.net>

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During the logo flamefest, I saw someone mention that applications.sgml
was very out of date; the attached patch tries to fix the worst of that.
It's probably not enough though.  Please review.

Ceri
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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Index: applications.sgml
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RCS file: /home/ncvs/www/en/applications.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.26 applications.sgml
--- applications.sgml	26 Apr 2004 18:35:55 -0000	1.26
+++ applications.sgml	12 Feb 2005 12:23:47 -0000
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	<li><b>Internet services. </b>Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
 	  find FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other
 	  services.  Ready-to-run software like the <a
-	    href=3D"http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a>; web server or the Wu-ftpd
+	    href=3D"http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a>; web server or the ProFTPD
 	  FTP&nbsp;server make it easy to set up a business or
 	  community-centered ISP.  Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable <a
 	    href=3D"&base;/internet.html">networking</a>, your users will enjoy
@@ -63,11 +63,18 @@
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 	<li><b>X Window workstation. </b>From an inexpensive X terminal to an
 	  advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well.  Free X software (<a
-	    href=3D"http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</a>&trade;) comes with the
-	  system. <a href=3D"http://www.xig.com/">Xi Graphics</a> offers
-	  accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such
-	  as Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif&reg; and OpenGL&reg;
-	  libraries.</li>
+	    href=3D"http://x.org/">X.Org</a>&trade;) comes with the
+	  system. <a href=3D"http://www.nvidia.com/">nVidia</a>; offers native
+	  drivers for their high-performance graphics hardware,
+	  and the industry standard Motif&reg; and OpenGL&reg;
+	  libraries are supported.  Both the <a
+	    href=3D"http://www.kde.org">KDE</a>; and <a
+	    href=3D"http://www.gnome.org">GNOME</a>; desktop environments
+	  enjoy full support and provide office suite functionality, with
+	  further good functionality available in the <a
+	    href=3D"http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.Org</a>; and
+	  <a href=3D"http://www.softmaker.de/tml_en.htm">TextMaker</a>;
+	  products.</li>
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 	<li><b>Networking. </b>From packet filtering to routing to name
 	  service, FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email
@@ -81,9 +88,10 @@
 	  libraries have always been easy to make and use.</li>
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 	<li><b>Net surfing.</b> A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet=20
-	  surfboard, and the BSD version of <a
-	    href=3D"http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/communicator/index.=
html">Netscape
-	    Navigator</a> with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web,
+	  surfboard. FreeBSD versions of <a
+	    href=3D"http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">Firefox</a>;
+	  and <a href=3D"http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a>; are available
+	  for serious web users.  Surf the web,
 	  publish your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive
 	  email with a FreeBSD system on your desktop.</li>
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