Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:37:19 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: dwilde1@ibm.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'baby food' promotion Message-ID: <19980413233719.44732@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <353033D6.E1A6EB4D@ibm.net>; from Don Wilde on Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 08:24:06PM -0700 References: <353033D6.E1A6EB4D@ibm.net>
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On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 08:24:06PM -0700, Don Wilde wrote: > Here's a new thread for you all, on the promotional front. How about a > 'newbie's disk' that we package up as a giveaway? Set it up so it comes > up right from the box on a generic VGA PC with XFree, Apache, PPP, Lyx > or StarOffice, Mozilla and (of course) all the port tools and sources, > perhaps on a second CD. All of the existing stuff would be included, but > we'd make some intelligent choices for the beginner, so he could have a > worry-free install to play with _before_ he/she learned to be > sophisticated. [...] > > Whatcha think? It'd be a Good Thing, especially if it could be smoothly integrated in the existing install system. E.g, you boot from CD #3, and suddenly everything is fine, or (perhaps better) you just select and option from sysinstall. Do you have time to implement it (or at least do a large start)? Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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