Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:42:01 -0700 From: Michael DeMan <freebsd@deman.com> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD media is going to 200 cities for http://softwarefreedomday.org Message-ID: <A3A5AF09-FA51-4CA4-8EDA-26DFFA9A72B6@deman.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEAOKZfLm=KcLpbCMqLKV0hruULhK9xSy706pTgQLVJJT70Qaw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201108242244.p7OMiiaW010464@fire.js.berklix.net> <CAEAOKZfLm=KcLpbCMqLKV0hruULhK9xSy706pTgQLVJJT70Qaw@mail.gmail.com>
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In all honesty, I haven't setup FreeBSD in a few years for a desktop - = we like it for servers & routers. However, I seem to recall that the install was pretty painless. Out of curiosity - what is the status for EZ install/usage for something = like 'FreeBSD on the desktop' ? Thanks, - mike On Aug 24, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Mark Lein wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> = wrote: >=20 >> Hi advocacy@freebsd.org >> BSD media is in transit to 200 global cities for >> http://softwarefreedomday.org in 23 days >>=20 >> However it &/or other BSD media will need copying to keep up with = Linux >> as theres a Lot more free Ubuntu CDROMs going out at the same time, >> (a question of what richest sponsor pays most for) >>=20 >> You could offer to run off a batch for your local city's SFD team. >> Maybe charge a beer or coffee copying charge per media to cover cost = ? >>=20 >> You could join the softwarefreedomday.org team in your local city, >> to help promote free software. >> http://softwarefreedomday.org/map/index.php?year=3D2011 >>=20 >> A sample from Munich Germany http://berklix.org/sfd/ >>=20 >> Cheers, >> Julian >> -- >> Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich >> http://berklix.com >> Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play = script. >> Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, >> quoted-printable. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> " >>=20 >=20 > Now first off, don't get me wrong as I love FreeBSD... but wouldn't it = make > more sense to send out something like PC-BSD? Something that people = can run > without muss nor fuss, like Ubuntu? >=20 > Mark > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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