Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:33:45 +0100 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Minor update to applications.sgml Message-ID: <420DF7A9.5070103@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <20050212122906.GF51102@submonkey.net> References: <20050212122906.GF51102@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies wrote: > During the logo flamefest, I saw someone mention that applications.sgml > was very out of date; the attached patch tries to fix the worst of that. > It's probably not enough though. Please review. > > Ceri > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Index: applications.sgml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/ncvs/www/en/applications.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.26 > diff -u -r1.26 applications.sgml > --- applications.sgml 26 Apr 2004 18:35:55 -0000 1.26 > +++ applications.sgml 12 Feb 2005 12:23:47 -0000 > @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ > <li><b>Internet services. </b>Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) > find FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other > services. Ready-to-run software like the <a > - href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> web server or the Wu-ftpd > + href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> web server or the ProFTPD > FTP server make it easy to set up a business or > community-centered ISP. Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable <a > href="&base;/internet.html">networking</a>, your users will enjoy > @@ -63,11 +63,18 @@ > > <li><b>X Window workstation. </b>From an inexpensive X terminal to an > advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well. Free X software (<a > - href="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</a>™) comes with the > - system. <a href="http://www.xig.com/">Xi Graphics</a> offers > - accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such > - as Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif® and OpenGL® > - libraries.</li> > + href="http://x.org/">X.Org</a>™) comes with the > + system. <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/">nVidia</a> offers native > + drivers for their high-performance graphics hardware, > + and the industry standard Motif® and OpenGL® > + libraries are supported. Both the <a > + href="http://www.kde.org">KDE</a> and <a > + href="http://www.gnome.org">GNOME</a> desktop environments > + enjoy full support and provide office suite functionality, with > + further good functionality available in the <a > + href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.Org</a> and > + <a href="http://www.softmaker.de/tml_en.htm">TextMaker</a> > + products.</li> > > <li><b>Networking. </b>From packet filtering to routing to name > service, FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email > @@ -81,9 +88,10 @@ > libraries have always been easy to make and use.</li> > > <li><b>Net surfing.</b> A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet > - surfboard, and the BSD version of <a > - href="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/communicator/index.html">Netscape > - Navigator</a> with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web, > + surfboard. FreeBSD versions of <a > + href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">Firefox</a> > + and <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a> are available > + for serious web users. Surf the web, > publish your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive > email with a FreeBSD system on your desktop.</li> > It seems ok as far as i can see :-) -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org Reporter DSINET ** remko@DSINet.org Founder Tienervaders ** remko@tienervaders.org FreeBSD Documentation Project ** remko@FreeBSD.org
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