Re: why BSDs got no love (and why security gets no love)

2009-12-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:56:51 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > Update: > > I confirmed that the scheduled publication date for my article will be > Tuesday the 29th. It's up at http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=2888 pgpQ4MKFzCBPF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 254, Issue 2

2008-10-06 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 21:54:08 +0200, Salvatore Albanese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings Giorgos, > All PC-BSD Requests should be directed to the maintainers Hi Salvatore, > CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS > > PC-BSD Software / iXsystems > 2476 Kruse Dr. > San Jose, CA 95131 > (408) 943-4100 Phone > (

Re: Printable PC-BSD labels?

2008-10-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:44:26 -0300, Gonzalo Nemmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry .. I guess I read your mail too fast .. I thought you were > looking for FreeBSD CD-ROM 'labels' ... > > I've never seen PC-BSD CD-ROM 'labels' .. > > It may be a good idea to e-mail Matt Olander or Kris Moore and a

Re: Printable PC-BSD labels?

2008-10-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:38:47 +0300, "Alaksiej C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think, you can use examples prepared by Anton Gural (author of > cuurent FBSD logo), and add PC-BSD logo on them. As far as I remember > they looked quite cool. Thank you Alaksiej; I do appreciate the reply :) I don't

Printable PC-BSD labels?

2008-10-03 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
Patras Linux User Group (of which I am a member) plans to host a 1-day event for new students of University of Patras, and I got approval to present FreeBSD too. As part of the event, we are going to be giving away PC-BSD DVDs and installing the USB-based image of PC-BSD to the USB flash disks of

Re: Important update from Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Professional Service Pack 2 (KB946026)

2008-05-24 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 23 May 2008 16:03:21 +0300, "Alaksiej C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Correct me, if I'm wrong, but I believe there were no more than 3 or 4 spam > messages during last 3 months. I don't think it's something to bother about. True. That's a testament to the quality of job our postmaster fo

Re: Help with a presentation.

2008-04-17 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:38:20 -0300, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:49:40 +0200 > "TooMany Secrets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hummm... I never heard about that. Looks like a great way to make a >> presentation, and also participative way for the a

Re: Help with a presentation.

2008-04-17 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:04:07 +0200, "Julian H. Stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please avoid un-necessary UTF-8. Ascii works better ! > > Anyway, I & others did presentations one evening last year, > feel free to use any data or tools etc you can from eg > http://www.berklix.com/free/talk/ > h

Re: CD-ROM artwork for FreeBSD 7.0

2008-04-08 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:32:27 +0200, Peer Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there, > I have created some CD-ROM labels, sleeves and cases for FreeBSD 7.0. > The artwork is available from this site: > http://www.wolldingwacht.de/foss/freebsd/cdrom-artwork/ > Feedback is appreciated. Very c

Re: National mailinglists - why isn't it there yet?

2008-03-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2008-03-03 10:55, Edwin Groothuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 12:45:01AM +0100, Julian Stacey wrote: > > > I think that the question dropped by Edw was more of why this > > > service wasn't offered from the FreeBSD mailman infrastructure. I > > > think that every country

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-27 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-12-13 12:35, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> After two years using Gentoo, after the first very positive >> impression, I'm a bit tired of breaking things due to updating one >> port. It's also too much of a pain reconfiguring and recompiling the >> Linux kernel. > > Configuring the k

Re: [Laptop] Battery Time

2007-12-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-11-29 20:48, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Julian H. Stacey wrote on Nov 29 2007: >>> Performance, Stability, and Reliability. I have also learned >>> (from my laptop) that FreeBSD is also a Green OS, as it >>> causes the hardware to use less power than other systems. >> >> If anyone ha

Re: RedHat Linux or FreeBSD

2007-11-13 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-11-11 23:09, yahya wafula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To whoever it may concern, sometime ago i posted a question asking for > some assistance on how to install and operate FreeBSD, unfortunately, > i still got stranded. I don't remember the particular question, so it may be worth asking

Re: The youngest FreeBSD user on the world!

2007-08-05 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-08-04 22:48, Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > Browsing, a few days ago, SUN website I noticed that they were > bragging about the youngest user of Solaris 10 (a 12 or 13 > years old boy I do not remember). > > I think that FreeBSD has much wider base and I would gu

Re: BSD + Adobe Flash News Item

2007-04-18 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-04-18 08:59, Matt Olander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While Adobe hasn't agreed to port Flash to FreeBSD (yet!), they have > agreed to re-distribution of the Flash player. I obtained 2 separate > re-distribution agreements, one for PC-BSD and one for the FreeBSD > Foundation. > > The l

Re: Why FreeBSD sucks

2006-10-27 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-10-26 06:25, kevlar Hodge-Podge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This post actually did get me thinking about a longtime frustration > with one aspect of the whole Linux vs. UNIX thing. First let me say > that I'm a real novice user so I hope this isn't something that has > been talked to deat

Re: Ask for FreeBSD support here! Let's join forces!

2006-08-24 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-08-24 22:26, "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > I'm probably stating the blatantly obvious, but the trick is how we > > can convince them that FreeBSD is a "common OS", I

Re: Ask for FreeBSD support here! Let's join forces!

2006-08-24 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-08-20 15:46, Mark Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2006, at 16:25:21 -0300, Charles A. Landemaine wrote: > > On 8/20/06, Don Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The next release of Adobe flash developer will have a revised > > > license which will include FreeBSD. This wa

Re: FreeBSD Blog

2006-04-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-03-27 17:03, Timothy Watt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry... 18 month old son distracted me! > Here it is: http://freebsdfan.wordpress.com/ Hi Timothy, Very nice to see new FreeBSD blogs. Mine is at: http://keramida.wordpress.com/ I also write about FreeBSD some times. NOTE: I us

Re: Petition! Ask Macromedia for a native Flash Player!

2006-03-20 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-03-19 12:06, Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat 18 Mar 06 08:52, >"Charles A. Landemaine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If we want FreeBSD/PC-BSD to thrive, we need more and more support >> from the big guys. >> >> Having a native version of the Flash Player is necessary. But

Re: Flash Petition (Was Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Article)

2006-01-09 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-01-09 07:10, Eric Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > I make all IT, purchasing, decisions at my company. I suspect > > most other senior IT folk also make or have strong influence > > in, purchasing, decisions at their company's. What are the > > demographics f

Re: www/87336: Problems with Web Site

2005-10-17 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-10-12 17:46, Remko Lodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Synopsis: Problems with Web Site > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-advocacy->freebsd-www > Responsible-Changed-By: remko > Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Oct 12 17:45:10 GMT 2005 > Responsible-Changed-Why: > This does not belong i

Re: RFE (Request for Enhancement)

2005-07-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-07-28 12:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why not create a RFE database similar to the Bug Buster and implement > this along side. This way the FreeBSD community can see what the users > and companies want FreeBSD to do for them. Sometimes a users may have > a very creative idea but does not

Re: How to improve FreeBSD

2005-07-05 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-07-05 10:09, Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> On 2005-07-04 11:11, >> Achilleus Mantzios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> If some of you want to help us improve FreeBSD, then stop arguing >> about religi

How to improve FreeBSD (was: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated?)

2005-07-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-07-04 11:11, Achilleus Mantzios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "``eudaemonia'' is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly > spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons > and demons." > > That could be a daemon of -STABLE branch, but in reality... > > No,

Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated?

2005-07-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-12-23 23:02, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Nikolas Britton wrote: >> 2. I cringe when I see Times New Roman, again redo the whole site >> with a modern web font: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Etc. (ever here of >> Cascading Style Sheets?) > > CSS? Isnt that a bit outdated? Isnt that more a

Re: Explaining FreeBSD features

2005-06-22 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-06-22 11:09, Warren Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ted Mittelstaedt said: >> The 4a users, by contrast, may be attracted to Linux initially due >> to the ease-of-entry issue your bringing up. But they try it and >> find out that it's dumbed-down interface gets in the way just as >> much

Re: [30-05-05] Layout update

2005-05-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-05-30 08:41, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "John Jawed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.johnjawed.com/freebsd-redesign/30-05-2005/ > > You're wasting your time, the webdesign contest hasn't started yet. > > Your design is very clear and mature, however it doesn't g

Re: Main site makeover

2005-05-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-05-29 16:25, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Chris Zumbrunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://czv.com/zones/beastie/freebsd/freebsdweb1h.html >> http://czv.com/zones/beastie/freebsd/freebsdweb2h.html > > Looks good. Was there already a discussion if the links should stay > underl

Re: Main site makeover

2005-05-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-05-28 11:51, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> What happened to this? >>> http://www.monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-advocacy/200412/ msg00080.html >>> >>> I don't know if these were generated from real HTML/CSS or just >>> created in a graphics editor. >> >> Actually, I'v