Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:22:59 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: c.hutchinson0@yahoo.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20120429092259.GY37811@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMvxb11tiWupmXZyn_fpZQij4dTdAfhFt3Ohw-5eEpTeTQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHMRaQf=M0ULOH=KnqzOXvczSM0Lb6apCoQkJegqyU3e8%2BgShA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204272025080.5846@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120427203117.GA2055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <CAOgwaMv_9c_W4fek-kGhQV3B5bKv4RnEFn_6ixn2LS7qDPma6Q@mail.gmail.com> <20120427170634.52a1675a@virus.local> <CAOgwaMt1%2B2GTSQSmkD_AOx2d%2BjKv7Pnqb1fNQXotxeJi5afbPA@mail.gmail.com> <4f9cb48a.x8vU/6qLZViLZ%2BG5%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <CAOgwaMvxb11tiWupmXZyn_fpZQij4dTdAfhFt3Ohw-5eEpTeTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--W71gD4yytnB3xhoe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 09:08:18PM -0400, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:24 PM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: >=20 > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:06 PM, <c.hutchinson0@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I'm wondering if spinning up a "live DVD" desktop version, using > > > > GENERIC, and/or Gnome/KDE might be a good option to take FreeBSD > > > > for a test drive ... > > > > > > There is such a very nice distribution : > > > > > > http://ghostbsd.org/ > > > > Also, freesbie.org > > >=20 > The above link is not complete . > The freesbie.org is working as follows : >=20 > http://www.freesbie.org/ >=20 >=20 > Others : >=20 > http://www.desktopbsd.net/ >=20 >=20 > There are some links in the page : >=20 > http://www.livebsd.org/ FreesBIE and DesktopBSD are loooong dead.... Why don't we add a link to PC-BSD and maybe GhostBSD (though I read at [1] that it needs to be polished more to be a user-friendly distro) to the "LATEST RELEASES" section on freebsd.org? That way we could promote FreeBSD on the desktop, have more people try and run PC-BSD and keep simple "how do I set up a desktop?" questions =66rom freebsd-questions@=20 [1] http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/02/02/ghostbsd-2-5-review/ --W71gD4yytnB3xhoe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+dCHMACgkQKc512sD3afgqRgCgrOvzKGyarsEhd4Mzhiq9pqZ9 KuMAn1s4VnJzV3K04Rd6CeACKC0rFlBe =msZI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W71gD4yytnB3xhoe--
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