From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 4 17:03:15 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D8C7CA9 for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 17:03:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com (st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com [17.172.204.237]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6001218C5 for ; Mon, 4 May 2015 17:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imac.home (pool-71-99-226-124.tampfl.fios.verizon.net [71.99.226.124]) by st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.35.0 64bit (built Dec 4 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0NNU00AQ41X5VR30@st11p01mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 16:03:06 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.13.68,1.0.33,0.0.0000 definitions=2015-05-04_03:2015-05-04,2015-05-04,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=94 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=2 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1412110000 definitions=main-1505040178 From: Seo Townsend Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.1 \(1993\)) Subject: Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 456, Issue 1 Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 12:03:05 -0400 References: To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1993) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 17:03:15 -0000 I=E2=80=99m always amazed how flexible the BSDs are traditionally = designed; from clusters, embedded, and normal people's pc=E2=80=99s; = there are always things that run the BSDs without compromise and ease. Even my girlfriend, who cannot figure out two button click on her = trackpad, was able to configure an nginx server by herself using the = manual and a few resources: = https://medium.com/@KikiSchirr/installing-freebsd-on-rackspace-servers-usi= ng-nginx-ed14a250aa9c = > On May 4, 2015, at 8:00 AM, freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org = wrote: >=20 > Send freebsd-advocacy mailing list submissions to > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org >=20 > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org >=20 > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-advocacy-owner@freebsd.org >=20 > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-advocacy digest..." > Today's Topics: >=20 > 1. an unexpected BSD user (Fraser Tweedale) >=20 > From: Fraser Tweedale > To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org > Date: May 4, 2015 at 1:07:05 AM EDT > Subject: an unexpected BSD user >=20 >=20 > Most BSD users I encounter are developers, sysadmins or people in > other computing fields; I guess that most people on this list would > have the same experience. Occasionally I meet a person of some > other vocation who is a Linux user. Rarely do I encounter a BSD > user "in the wild", but it happened today so I thought I would > share. >=20 > Two tradesmen arrived to remove the asbestos cladding from my shed. > They asked me to move my car. After doing this one of them asked, > "So, are you some sort of open source developer?" >=20 > "Uhh... well, yes I am. How did you guess?" >=20 > "Your number plate." >=20 > I was astonished. My wife has been teasing me for years that noone > understands my BSD-flavoured personalised plates. Well, take that! > Anyhow, I asked him whether he uses free software and he explained > that he had been using BSD for 15 years (he did not specify which > BSD; perhaps FreeBSD, perhaps not). >=20 > So there you have it. It is easy to be blinkered and imagine that > BSD is only used by computer-ing people with computer-y jobs, but it > is nice to be reminded that BSD (and free software in general) does > reach into the everyday lives of all kinds of people. >=20 > Cheers, > Fraser >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"