Re: Suggestion for network-related project

2018-03-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 14/03/2018 11:27, Ahmad Syahir Shahrin wrote: I originally posted this on the forum but someone think I would fare better on the mailing list. I don’t know if this is the right mailing-list to post but I’ll take my chance. Here it is. You'ld probably find one of the more technical lists

Re: Google spyware on FreeBSD Web site?

2012-12-04 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 04/12/2012 20:21, pete wright wrote: On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On 4 December 2012 15:11, pete wright nomadlo...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com wrote: I'm subscribed to both lists, and I have not

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-05 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 04/12/2011 21:18, Paul Schenkeveld wrote: On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 01:40:19PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: ROFL! This should be part of the official collection of artwork. +1 So why not make the user choose which logo to use for FreeBSD, have different versions of the website, CD-ROM/DVD

Re: [_fbsd_chat_] why the different eol lengths ? [ was: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 7.2 EoL coming soon ]

2010-06-08 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2010 15:43:30, spellberg_robert wrote: question: if version x dot y_plus_one is better [ for some definition of that word ] than version x dot y, then why is support for the better version being terminated, by --design--, before

An idle thought..

2010-05-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Why /usr/obj and not /var/obj ? Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate

Re: FreeBSD Popularity

2010-03-01 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 01/03/2010 05:35:14, Frank Shute wrote: To be honest, I think the licence puts off most of the commercial entities. Which is a *good* thing. Which is utterly bizarre. The BSD / Apache / MIT/Xorg style license is considerably less onerous for any business to comply with than the GPL

Re: FreeBSD Popularity

2010-03-01 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/03/2010 24:02:31, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Eitan Adler wrote: Tell people how great freebsd is, not how crappy linux is. Remind them that we're all unix-like, so you're not loosing anything by selecting freebsd for server

Re: LinuxBSDos.com article

2010-02-18 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/02/2010 10:20, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:06:32 -0800, Charlie Kester corky1...@comcast.net wrote: http://linuxbsdos.com/2010/02/18/pc-bsds-graphical-firewall-manager/ PC-BSD is ... the only BSD-based distribution

Re: which port for this job?

2009-12-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
Chuck Robey wrote: I need to block out a mildly complex OO diagram, and I wanted to get a suggestion for what ports selection might be best. inkscape if you want something point'n'click to draw with. graphviz if you hate the idea of point'n'click. Cheers Matthew -- Dr

Re: spotted in the wild...

2008-07-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
Dan Langille wrote: On Jul 22, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: Just this: between the logos there are some architects impressions of the finished row of shops. They're obviously all made up shop boards from who knows where. You'll be pleased to hear that FreeBSD apparently has

spotted in the wild...

2008-07-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
Dear all, Right about here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=qhl=engeocode=q=westwood+crosssll=53.800651,-4.064941sspn=11.994514,25.136719ie=UTF8ll=51.359827,1.395685spn=0.001546,0.003068t=hz=19 where all those cars are parked in the satellite view is now a building site. It's 'phase II' of

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Passive PROFITS wrote: Nevertheless, I wish to try to install and configure FreeBSD as a firewall and I am currently based in the South of England, should that be relevant to any response. Any/all pointers much appreciated!! The only

Re: Gmail idea

2006-12-25 Thread Matthew Seaman
Jim Capozzoli wrote: I know this isn't related to FreeBSD at all, but I wanted to see what other people thought about this. What if google set up a mechanism where emails are shared between user accounts? Like, suppose this email is submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED], right, and the gmail mail

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 with no Firewall?

2006-01-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
Benjamin D Adams wrote: I'm moving my server to a colocation. Its a web-server (Apache 2.0) on FreeBSD 5.4. Should I get a gigabyte firewall first?(I plan on getting one soon) How important? What can I do to help secure the OS its self? Any built in programs I should install first? Sure,