From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 03:47:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 640D5D76 for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 03:47:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35B9B2B71 for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 03:47:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=LnBD2usdOdrazvLz8JpkmrzRhjE35KKb0UPud3FP7cE=; b=q3LmbxAHeGaFWQdMtxcnomzWQKXvn5hPhvpDdGp63g9n6shVaZsR7HQQslPt+UN+nawInRNVaWbEMaDcU+TOKlaihMdnmJVHUilOAgvhVpwVcCAlJxDE+t+0CaPRPFgYX60KrHRfbXdGWI3ThALhyiJL+mJy7hhPwMFEBml+BPM=; Received: from [182.9.88.60] (port=35306 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1WngSP-003VlN-QJ; Thu, 22 May 2014 21:47:46 -0600 Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 11:47:39 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: tyler@tysdomain.com Subject: Re: looking for a platform for contributions Message-ID: <20140523114739.2a89a9b0@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <537EA775.6040601@tysdomain.com> References: <537EA775.6040601@tysdomain.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 03:47:49 -0000 Hi, On Thu, 22 May 2014 21:42:13 -0400 "Littlefield, Tyler" wrote: > Hello all: > I have a lot of free time and really wanted to start contributing to > FreeBSD. I have one issue I was hoping someone could help: > I am blind and am currently using a Soyoustart server for my main > server after transitioning. I am currently a bit lost in terms of > actually getting running with a bsd system. I obviously don't have > the money to pay for a new dedicated server; are there reasonable > hosts where I can just quickly reinstall BSD so I can test/etc? > Obviously price is an issue. If not, is there a good resource where I > can get a vmware VM that's already set up with 10/ssh or something > similar? My only limitation right now is just getting something > installed so I'm not "testing" on my stable server. > I use a simple thumb drive for testing when needed. The normal work is done via the hard disk but the test installations are always done on a removable media. Would this be of help for you? Erich