From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 7 08:34:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA19887 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:34:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from covina.lightside.com (covina.lightside.com [198.81.209.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA19882 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:34:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by covina.lightside.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #6) id m0tuidg-0004IWC; Thu, 7 Mar 96 08:34 PST Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:33:58 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby To: invalid opcode cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD comparison - it's time, I think! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, invalid opcode wrote: > On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Jake Hamby wrote: > > 2) We should not be afraid to make a Web page comparing features of > > FreeBSD and Linux. We should give it the "test of fire" by posting the > > Agreed. I'm planning this in my head right now. I envision a master information page which would have links to: "If you're new to Unix" (for people coming from DOS/Windows backgrounds), "Linux users", and "Familiar with another Unix (such as SunOS)". Of course there will be a lot of hypertext linkage between the various pages, so as to avoid needless duplication, but my plan is to have every advantage of FreeBSD touted in several different contexts. I also plan to make the page very "friendly" for novice users, while still containing substantial technical information for experts. I'll post the URL in a few weeks and will invite people (especially comp.os.linux.advocacy) to "beta-test" it for a while.. > > 3) Full description of ftp.cdrom.com as a "case study". Also, when > > people FTP to ftp.cdrom.com there should be a BIG banner, like: > > 'Unleash the daemon in your PC!' > > (followed by some information about ftp.cdrom.com and FreeBSD)." > > That logo looks so cheesy though :P Sorry, I typed it up in a few minutes. :-) I didn't think I could draw the FreeBSD daemon in ASCII. :P > > 4) We should not be afraid to capitalize on Linux's name by calling > > ourselves "a better Linux than Linux" or "a better Unix than Linux". > > I would never want "a better linux than linux." I don't want to make > it appear that it's okay to refer to Linux as the de facto Free OS. :-) Okay, good point, but I think that we can refer to it as that on the "For Linux users" page I referred to above. Yes, if people are not already familiar with Linux, we don't want to point it out to them. :-) > > 5) Print advertisement! I can't emphasize this enough. I was looking > > $$$$ I know.. But Walnut Creek has bucks, they just have to split it up among all of their CD-ROMs. > > > > 6) IRC support! I know this last one sounds silly, but I notice that > > manning the #FreeBSD channel, perhaps with the help of a "BSDBot". Lots > > We already 'man' this channel. It's been in existance for a while now. Good, I expected such, but I didn't check it out myself. I'll make it a point to drop in there a bit more frequently from now on. ---Jake