Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:38:53 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Talking to a Linux user group about FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011031103853.H70354@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3BDEF2A7.24978.673A72E@localhost>; from dan@langille.org on Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 06:34:15PM -0500 References: <3BDEF2A7.24978.673A72E@localhost>
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On Tuesday, 30 October 2001 at 18:34:15 -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > I won't know when, but I'm going to be giving a talk about FreeBSD > to a local Linux group. Included will be a demo install. With luck, > that will lead to another seminar where everyone will turn up with a > box and be helped through the install. > > I will not be getting into an us/them debate. Nor will I be giving them > reason why FreeBSD is better/bigger/etc. I'll just be tell them what > I know. > > Here are some of the points I'll cover (I've given this very little > thought so far). > > - What is FreeBSD? (history, platforms) > - Relationships to other BSDs (OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSD/OS, Mac/OS) > - Major differences between Linux and FreeBSD from a Linux user point > of view > - Installation process (demo will be from CD) Sounds good. I have a BSD presentation you can use or adapt if you want. The slides are at http://www.lemis.com/installfest.pdf - use acroread to display them in full screen mode. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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