From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 18 00:51:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7061716A40F for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:51:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CA0F43D62 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:51:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (host5.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.229]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with ESMTP id k9I0pHMA009231 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:51:18 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9I0psjk082516; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:51:55 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k9I0psSj082515; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:51:54 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:51:54 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: jan gestre Message-ID: <20061018005154.GB42024@gothmog.pc> References: <80f4f2b20610151556l18c5adcci4196ab107b6b9907@mail.gmail.com> <4533C553.3040609@schrodinger.com> <20061017135829.GA56234@gothmog.pc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.586, required 5, AWL -0.19, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY 0.00) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Simon Gao , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:51:36 -0000 On 2006-10-18 08:37, jan gestre wrote: >On 10/17/06, Giorgos Keramidas <[1]keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: >>> Linux supports more devices than FreeBSD, especially new devices. >> >> This is probably true. > > yes it's true linux has support for more devices than FreeBSD > and that's why i think we got to be heard, install this nifty > app called bsdstats and maybe just maybe those device > manufacturers will notice us FreeBSD users, that it is not just > for hobbyist. There are other forms of active advocacy too. Write articles, post to forums, present stuff at conventions, talk and chat in local user groups about BSD, etc. Let us not limit ourselves to just bsdstats :)