Re: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall

2007-03-14 Thread Tim Clewlow
--- Peter A. Giessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough of us ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about FreeBSD and looking into providing support and especially drivers in the future. It can't hurt anyway :)

Re: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall

2007-03-14 Thread Tim Clewlow
--- Jeff Rollin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14/03/07, Eric Kjeldergaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: drivers.) For those of us using FreeBSD, there's not a substantial advantage to proprietary linux drivers over proprietary Windows drivers. We go unsupported either way. Hmm, well I

Pre-installing in general

2007-03-14 Thread Tim Clewlow
Hello, The discussion on Dell's survery about pre-installing a Linux distro has made me think of a slightly different approach. Rather than being prompted by things like a survey, maybe we should be more pro-active. Are there any groups in the FreeBSD community actively going to manufacturers

Re: Independent security analysis of operating systems/applications

2007-10-31 Thread Tim Clewlow
--- Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Recently some friends of mine have started to cite studies that assert Unix/Linux operating systems are now the most frequently attacked platforms. There are a number of possible reasons for this. 1) the attackers have realised that no-one