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Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:15:38 +0100
From: Kristian Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no>
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Subject: Let's make a FreeBSD ports blog! CCCCOOOL =)
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Hey!

There are about 10.000 ports, am I right?

Not all FreeBSD users have the time to go through all
of the package descriptions. But definitely all FreeBSD users
have their share of favorite ports, and are interested in
finding new ports that may compliment their lives.

Not is the ports collection already too big for the average
human intellect. It also continues to span. New programs
appear on a daily basis, however there's nothing to
grasp their presence and determine their quality

I see this as a chance to promote FreeBSD to desktop
users, which is what this project lacks. It has everything to
make it superior to all the other open source operating
systems, but nothing to really let it out in the open.

Imagine a FreeBSD ports blog that tries to gather data
on the most popular ports, sorted by ratings, downloads etc.
In addition, it posts articles every now and then telling
people about recent discoveries made among all the 10.000
ports. This could be a great thing!

I am aware of freshports.org, this would be totally different.
I know a thing or two about design, and could make the
site look something like lounge72.com or linkdup.com.
I have high speed hosting all standing by. A splendid name
for it as well :D

So, who's game? :)

All the best,
Vaaf