Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 08:12:04 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: We would like to be an agent for FreeBSD in China Message-ID: <9bbb870e-669b-223d-9acd-f6f2e052d97b@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <61AA1C30.3050702@gmail.com> References: <CAPZAQkTiC=VesrQo6u0%2BHQS1X-vMA08VngutJHFhAT1U4E2DNw@mail.gmail.com> <61AA1C30.3050702@gmail.com>
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On 12/3/21 7:31 AM, Ernie Luzar wrote: > kaik haven wrote: >> Hello! >> We call ourselves the "FreeBSD Chinese Community", a team from China, and >> we have been working to get more people to use FreeBSD in China. Of >> course, >> we have encountered a lot of problems, such as: Chinese users always have >> trouble installing FreeBSD on their computers, because there is no >> official >> mirror site, and the closest one to mainland China is in Taiwan, and we >> have no way to connect to an official mirror site for policy reasons; >> there >> is no official documentation in Chinese for users to review, and the >> website for the official Chinese documentation translation project is >> There >> is no official Chinese documentation available to users, and the official >> Chinese documentation translation project website is inaccessible and >> unmanaged; there is no unified mainland China user group or foundation to >> help mainland FreeBSD users. We have contacted you and the University of >> Science and Technology of China LUG has offered to mirror FreeBSD and be >> one of the official mirror sites, but in the end, no one cared and it >> went >> away. >> Also, we would like to be an agent for FreeBSD in China and contribute to >> the FreeBSD open source community by providing mirror sites, Chinese >> documentation translations, etc. for Chinese FreeBSD users in China. >> > > All your problems are caused by the china government not allowing > internet contact to the world internet. Remove that censorship and your > welcome to the FreeBSD community. +1 Meaning Agree with Ernie's statement. Back then when I was living in similar country (no freedoms!), I kept repeating to myself: the people do deserve the government they have. Valeri -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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