Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 23:27:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing X-Windows Message-ID: <XFMail.980612232755.dburr@POBoxes.com> In-Reply-To: <19980613152638.41226@welearn.com.au>
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My secret spy satellite informs me that on 13-Jun-98, Sue Blake wrote: >> My secret spy satellite informs me that on 13-Jun-98, Sue Blake wrote: >> > Thanks for using NetForward! >> > http://www.netforward.com >> > v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > > Huh?? I never wrote that :-) Sorry; that wasn't you. My mail forwarding service (www.netforward.com) subsidizes this free service by selling ad space to people. The ads appear as a three-line blurb at the top of each message that people receive. I don't mind this -- it's but a small price to pay for a lifetime e-mail address. (If I ever change Internet providers, I *don't* have to reprint all my business cards, track down all my friends, etc. -- I just use the Web browser to change what "dburr@POBoxes.com" "points" to. :) ) I just forgot to delete it from the message when I replied. :) > I was just wondering... were you sent to freebsd-newbies to give us that > URL and now we're the only people in the world who know about the > contest? No. I just noticed that nobody had mentioned it here, and I figured that I would mention it, and that responding to that guy's window manager problem message, would be the perfect place to mention it. In fact, the contest is fairly new -- it has only just now started being discussed in freebsd-chat (I believe). So it's definitely in the "get the word out" stage of things. >> Actually, when I said "we", I meant FreeBSD as a whole. > > Aah, so it's not something external; you meant us newbies too :-) Sure. Anyone who is interested in FreeBSD, and is interested in seeing it grow and thrive. >> I am not actually involved in this -- the people involved are Jordan, >> Gilad Rom, and Philip Salzman. But it can definitely be agreed on that >> this thing can only stand to benefit The FreeBSD Project and its users! > > Sure, it's a great idea! Thanks for letting us know. NO problem! > I reckon all newbies should have a go. Newbies are very creative, and I > don't want to win my 12 gig drive too easily. Who wants to be the > runners-up? :-) Technical ability is not the most important skill. In fact, with some of the window managers out there, the technical side of things is practically all done for you. This contest is really much much more of a creative/artistic thing -- picking the programs you want to be in the "default" menus, designing icons and color schemes, and background pictures, etc. And you don't necessarily have to create stuff entirely from scratch -- you can always modify graphics/images/icons/etc. already out there. (Just be sure to observe copyrights, etc.) So listen up newbies -- don't be afraid, don't be shy! That Web site once again is: http://www.freebsd.org/~jkh/xcontest/ --- Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - Turning PCs into Workstations - http://www.freebsd.org/ (NOTE: POBoxes.com appears to be working again -- fire away!) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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