From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 06:20:24 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A14DDDD for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 06:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x232.google.com (mail-wi0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA3682662 for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 06:20:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id cc10so305339wib.17 for ; Thu, 22 May 2014 23:20:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=aig5VicTSm8f6s2Pe+EI3Kw8YXQoHuJceMlr7S1ky7o=; b=SbHS+9jZyk5h9LdWDJuuY7HG1bP571pAgJL8faHORiQW1D68V/QXNhvXbgdCcc//8f +URTg0jCTaQR44eQ9uNgEr4F+r6v++MyyBV5j94ovZiqDaWwjPDbcBxOT6d09DlLmnm7 VZPShekTgp26vZlZbd0dQJSCWx/j/O0O72U6IKfPav8dk7zNtxpn1MpoBnIBJdQYR7PK Fty7hw6n4kvkat//9Xu3lYqmapMmnb0Bw+XRE4JQPYuHzLQw5QCl6OdPsRQWEmZmdbeV cOFJKhwOoKV1BB6OO+TPjvB1c9CnLLiUbMuopPwHEWSDev+dD2xEQis3XO6AKR0i3Nn0 TJ+g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.92.103 with SMTP id cl7mr1343460wib.26.1400826022025; Thu, 22 May 2014 23:20:22 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: matt@ixsystems.com Sender: mattjeet@gmail.com Received: by 10.195.11.164 with HTTP; Thu, 22 May 2014 23:20:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <537EA775.6040601@tysdomain.com> References: <537EA775.6040601@tysdomain.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 23:20:21 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6J5Gl7cqz9WQ1Rh0jdYXh9lt3s4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: looking for a platform for contributions From: Matt Olander To: tyler@tysdomain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 06:20:24 -0000 Hello Ty, While you are considering how to get started, you can also try FreeBSD with a free shell account. Checkout http://nullshells.net and http://www.arbornet.org. I am sure there are many other free shell accounts available now but it has been years since I have looked around. Have fun! Cheers, -matt On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:42 PM, 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. > > Thanks, > > -- > Take care, > Ty > http://tds-solutions.net > He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that > dares not reason is a slave. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"