From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 13 21:30:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFEE71065670 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:30:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D238FC12 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:30:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p5DCBF6D4.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.246.212]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p6DLUuC9011432; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:30:56 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6DLUnDE017607; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:30:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6DLUOlq029945; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:30:29 GMT (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201107132130.p6DLUOlq029945@fire.js.berklix.net> To: vladimir@urtext.ru From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:14:40 +0400." Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:30:24 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Zoran Kolic Subject: Re: recommendations for laptop and desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:30:58 -0000 Vladimir Zorin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2011 7:31 AM, "Zoran Kolic" wrote: > >> > >> > There is this list for laptops: > >> > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ > >> > >> Been there. Seen that. Obsolete. > >> My very idea would be to have recent models in some kind > >> of wiki. I believe that at least hundred guys on the list > >> could post quality articles on the subject regarding lap- > >> tops they regurarly use. > >> > >> > See the recent thread on the freebsd-mobile list with subject "Laptop > > recommendations?" > >> > >> Mostly older stuff recommended. Hard to find or I dislike > >> what I see on the review for particular model. > >> Thank you for answering my question. > >> > >>                              Zoran > > > > I agree that a wiki would be ideal, but it would require active management. > > That's the real issue. > > > > It's also the reason wiki.FreeBSD.org would not be practical. I might be > > able to admin such a wiki, but I have no place to put it.  But I'm retired, > > so I should have time. > > I would gladly host such a wiki on my freebsd vds. It would be perfect > though if it is not a php/perl/python/ruby-driven wiki =) > But I suspect there are not that many fans of lua/ansi c solutions, so > I guess I can tolerate php in a separate jail =) > > Best regards, Vladimir Zorin Sounds like Vladimir's further ahead, re hosting in a jail, so Kevin O, if you want to go ahead, sounds like Vladimitr can get you up faster than I can. I would suggest though, that whoever does it, we should try to co-operate with the predecessor compatibility lists such as http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ Probably all they really need adding is some "list by date last seen on sale in shops" function, + maybe some wiki function. 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.