Explaining FreeBSD features

Liam J. Foy liamfoy at sepulcrum.org
Tue Jun 21 17:41:04 GMT 2005


On Mon(20)/Jun/05 - , Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I am curious why it's so difficult to get a simple and straight
> forward list of FreeBSD's features, that normal people can understand?
> 
> I am trying to write one of the largest articles ever to be published
> on www.PCWorld.no -- to only say good things about FreeBSD. But I want
> it clear what good things to say.

Will this large article reach a large audience? =)

> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/features.html is alright, but not the best.
> Using super-advanced jargons, it says what they are, but not what they do.
> At least not in a way normal people can understand.
> 
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/ aims more towards the general
> public, and does the job a little better. How ever they don't even
> mention half of FreeBSD's features.
> 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html is very, very good.
> I get the feeling though, that it ain't like that no more.
> 
> Any idea, people?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --
> 
> Fafa Hafiz Krantz
>   Research Designer @ http://www.bleed.no
> 
> 
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