Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:32:13 +0100 From: Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no> To: David Stanford <dthomas53@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Let's make a FreeBSD ports blog! CCCCOOOL =) Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060309212716.022b8140@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <f2c91f770603091146r6db8480cx963335ba90bf673@mail.gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060308204431.0225c438@broadpark.no> <f2c91f770603091146r6db8480cx963335ba90bf673@mail.gmail.com>
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At 20:46 09.03.2006, David Stanford wrote: >Vaaf, > >14,187 ports... ><http://www.freebsd.org/ports/>http://www.freebsd.org/ports/. Sounds >like a good idea to me. What kind of help are you looking for? > >-David > >On 3/8/06, Kristian Vaaf <<mailto:vaaf@broadpark.no>vaaf@broadpark.no> wrote: > >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 <http://freshports.org>freshports.org, this would be >totally different. >I know a thing or two about design, and could make the >site look something like <http://lounge72.com>lounge72.com or ><http://linkdup.com>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 > >_______________________________________________ ><mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >mailing list ><http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"<mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hey David! Thank you for such urgent response. We need someone to do the coding, XHTML/CSS, though some Ruby and Ajax too wouldn't hurt, so we can have a decent system in the back, and in the front be able to present information in a very intuitive way. Then, we'd need lots of members to write articles, rate ports and such. I'd have to come up with some wording. And ofcourse a design. Thank you so much for your interest! Speak to you soon, Vaaf
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