From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Jul 26 1:24: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from blues.ghis.net (pppc1-22.eisa.net.au [203.166.251.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1B715159 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 01:23:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@blues.ghis.net) Received: (from jim@localhost) by blues.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA08112; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:22:30 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jim) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:22:30 +1000 From: Jim Mock To: Radu-Cristian FOTESCU Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Message-ID: <19990726182230.B7990@blues.ghis.net> Reply-To: jim@blues.ghis.net References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.3i In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 at 10:55:41 +0300, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote: > > The average Linux user is as un/misinformed about Unix as the > > average Windows user is about DOS. They think XFree86 is a Linux > > program. They think GNOME is a Linux program. They think SAMBA > > is a Linux program. They think xmms (formerlly x11amp) is a Linux > > program. Etc... > > That IS a good answer! Thx! > > > Sure..someone could start http://www.freebsdapps.com, but what > > would that accomplish? You'd have the same software, and you > > would only be furthering the myth that "Linux software" is only > > for Linux, and "FreeBSD software" is only for FreeBSD. > > Well, but this way, people will *still* believe of those apps that > they're Linux-only! :-( As you were told before, they only need to look at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ . Honestly, how hard is that? Besides, if they're not smart enough to figure out the stuff isn't Linux only, maybe those users should be sticking with Linux? > > You're right, I'll switch my servers over to Linux right away. > > > > P.s. There's Linux wallpaper? > > Now, THAT is malicious!! The Linux penguin is all over, in all > sizes, and the *BSD community isn't able to spread their own daemon! > This IS a shame! Look, if you're not happy with what's available, make some yourself instead of bitching and expecting other people to do it. You were shown where to find images, but they're still not good enough.. bitching and moaning about it isn't solving anything or making other images that don't exist magically appear. It's only going to end up getting on everyone's nerves (especially people who *do* contribute), and get you a bunch hostile responses. -- - Jim Mock - jim@blues.ghis.net - systems administrator - ghis.NET - - work: http://www.ghis.net/ - personal: http://www.ghis.net/~jim/ - - FreeBSD 'zine: http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - - FreeBSD: http://advocacy.freebsd.org/ - jim@advocacy.FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message