From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 13 09:24:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91FF916A4CF for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:24:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp05.wxs.nl (smtp05.wxs.nl [195.121.6.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CD8F43FDF for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:24:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186])18questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:24:06 +0100 (MET) Received: from Alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hADHO6qV002688; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:24:06 +0100 (CET envelope-from akruijff@Alex.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex.lan (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id hADHO6Lc002687; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:24:06 +0100 (CET envelope-from akruijff) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:24:02 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20031112214145.7433075B60@server2.messagingengine.com> To: Jud Message-id: <20031113172402.GB2513@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <20031112190135.GA89662@lewiz.org> <20031112204140.GE963@dds.nl> <20031112214145.7433075B60@server2.messagingengine.com> cc: Lewis Thompson cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD Essay. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:24:08 -0000 On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:41:45PM -0500, Jud wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:41:40 +0100, "Alex de Kruijff" > said: > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:01:36PM +0000, Lewis Thompson wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task > > > of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can be > > > pretty much anything I want (I think). I've decided FreeBSD is > > > interesting, the OS I advocate and that I shall write about this. > > > > > > I am planning to write a brief history of the four BSDs, going way > > > back in time (probably a few words on Ritchie, etc.) but then > > > concentrate on FreeBSD. > > > > My advise would be to pick one subject and stick with that. Don't go > > into the history in general if you for something detailed about FreeBSD > > and if you go for the hirstory don't write about something detailed. > > You'll proberbly find that you have lots to write about. > > > > I have two subjects you may like: > > 1. The history starting from 1978 until now. Perhaps something about the > > feutere of BSD (dead), BSDi (could be dead), FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. > > 2. FreeBSD 5 (History of FreeBSD 5, feutes, compersent betwain 4 and 5 > > and 5 and linux. If you have space over one detailed subject.) > > > > The history in it self should be larg enove and intersating on its own. > > You could start with the outcomming of Unix and go on to the univeristy > > of Berkley. Then go to the outcomming of FreeBSD, NetBSD and BSDi. > > Followed by the lawsute betain Unix and BSDi & BSD. Then OpenBSD came > > out in 1995. Recently Apple followed with Darwin (based on NetBSD and > > FreeBSD). As altenative there are two CD versions (NetBox and FreeBIE) > > and a small version (PicoBSD) wich are based on FreeBSD. Ending with a > > compersent betwain all versions. > > > > > I'm really asking if anybody can suggest any particularly interesting > > > topics that I can go away and research and then include in my essay. I > > > guess since it's only a short essay I can't have /too/ much detail and I > > > didn't particularly want to try and explain something /very/ complicated > > > (although please suggest just the same ;). > > > > Another subject would be the outcomming of FreeBSD 5. If you go this way > > skip the general history!! Only go for the relevent history for this > > version. Then coninue on the new and cool feutures of FreeBSD 5. Maybe > > talk about one or two in more detail. And a compersent betwain FreeBSD 4 > > and 5. > > For something sufficiently technical as well as a bit controversial, what > about comparing/contrasting the two roads from version 4 of FreeBSD - > version 5 vs. DragonflyBSD? Thats more or less my second idee. You can talk about coll things like fsck your slice and not umount it. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/