Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 19:10:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike" <root@unixhideout.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Oh man I'm going to get flamed Message-ID: <1631.192.168.1.10.1028329834.squirrel@email.unixhideout.com> In-Reply-To: <20020802185133.X93594-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020802185133.X93594-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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> I've been thinking a lot about an offshoot version of FreeBSD that > newbian users could get from the kern.flp / mfsroot.flp process and its > sysinstall... > > There would be a checkbox for [ ]HomeFreeBSD or [ ]HomeBSD or the like > (users could pay $19.95 for a CDROM and seven days of e-mail support, > too). > > Just hear me out *grin* > > It would include the latest XFree86, KDE (or whatever most resembles the > familiar StartButton), and OpenOffice. Out of the box. It would > include viewers and players for common media -- practically built-in to > KDE and its menus -- for files of type *.pdf, *.ra, *.asx, *.swf, *.doc, > *.mov, *.qt, *.mpeg, *.mpg, *.mp3 and many other popular file types. > > I think that would be nice. > > HomeBSD might even include a tiny, simple binary that logs into a site > at something like www.homebsd.org/cvsup/compare.cgi to make upgrades > easier... or uses cvsup's port and protocol to accomplish this. :) > > A fairy ghost would fly of your diskette drive and install everything > for you too. > > Not. > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 Stick with videos.. Please. -- The unixhideout network http://www.unixhideout.com ----------------------------------------- Free email that kicks ass from UnixHideout "The UnixHideout network" http://www.unixhideout.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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