Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:24:06 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 'baby food' promotion Message-ID: <353033D6.E1A6EB4D@ibm.net>
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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. As far as how to set up PPP, I know IBM.net provides Linux scripts for PPP, and there isn't much that has to be done beyond that. I know a lot of schools that can't afford software, but if we give _them_ a little donation and some personal tax-deductable support, that'll do a lot of good for the long-term health of FreeBSD. I think it's time to make FreeBSD.org a _real_ non-profit educational corporation, and start using it as a real promotional vehicle. Whatcha think? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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