From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 11 20:24:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05607 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:24:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from out2.ibm.net (out2.ibm.net [165.87.194.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA05595 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:24:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwilde1@ibm.net) Received: from ibm.net (slip-32-100-79-57.ca.us.ibm.net [32.100.79.57]) by out2.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA51896 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 03:24:13 GMT Message-ID: <353033D6.E1A6EB4D@ibm.net> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:24:06 -0700 From: Don Wilde Reply-To: dwilde1@ibm.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 'baby food' promotion Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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