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author | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-04-27 13:24:28 +0000 |
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committer | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-04-27 13:24:28 +0000 |
commit | 0858389f07d63d9236a8dea8e586f655ab7ebb0e (patch) | |
tree | 2d5be7a40d8e2609126d6f77dbf7f1930d133123 /en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy | |
parent | 5872ae6f701215cc4c05e5c4ecf217cebdf19da2 (diff) | |
download | doc-0858389f07d63d9236a8dea8e586f655ab7ebb0e.tar.gz doc-0858389f07d63d9236a8dea8e586f655ab7ebb0e.zip |
Begin to modernize the myths.xml page.
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
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svn path=/head/; revision=41510
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml index f77071a7e5..e1ad5e8b82 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/advocacy/myths.xml @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ particular project it is indicated as such.</blockquote> <blockquote>If you are aware of an omission or error on this page, please - let the maintainer, Tom Rhodes <<a href="mailto:trhodes@FreeBSD.org">trhodes@FreeBSD.org</a>> - know.</blockquote> + let the <a href="mailto:doc@freebsd.org">FreeBSD + documentation project mailing list</a> know.</blockquote> <h2>Index</h2> @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ from the Internet, 24 hours a day. You don't need to wait for someone else to roll a release.</p> - <p><b>FreeBSD, NetBSD:</b> An installable snapshot of the current - progress is made every 24 hours. These snapshots can be installed + <p><b>FreeBSD:</b> An installable snapshot of the current + progress is made weekly. These snapshots can be installed exactly like an ordinary release, and do not require installation over an existing system.</p> @@ -105,13 +105,6 @@ released, simply because for most *BSD users it is an every day event.</p></li> - <li><p>All the *BSD Projects use CVS to maintain their source code.</p> - - <p><b>All the *BSD Projects:</b> make a CVS tree available for anyone to - browse and download, 24 hours a day. The tree can be retrieved using - Anonymous CVS, CVSup, CVSupit, CTM (by e-mail), or through simple - FTP.</p></li> - <li><p>Anyone can submit patches, bug reports, documentation, and other contributions. They can do this by using the <tt>send-pr</tt> program installed on their *BSD system, or by using a web based @@ -185,8 +178,7 @@ <li><p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/tinybsd/">TinyBSD</a> is a set of tools made up of shell scripts designed to allow easy - development of Embedded Systems based on FreeBSD 5.x and - 6.x.</p></li> + development of Embedded Systems based on FreeBSD.</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://thinbsd.zefyris.com/">ThinBSD</a> is a small FreeBSD based boot image that allows a standard PC to act as @@ -258,40 +250,8 @@ outdated nor dying. Many professional users like the stability that years of testing has provided FreeBSD.</p> - <p>Technological enhancements continue to be added to *BSD, including, - but not limited to;</p> - - <ul> - <li><p>SMP: Symmetric Multi-Processing, making use of systems with - multiple CPUs.</p></li> - - <li><p>SoftUpdates: Makes the BSD filesystem at least as fast as the - Linux filesystem, <strong>without</strong> needing to enable - asynchronous writes, with their associated risk.</p></li> - - <li><p>VM system: The VM (Virtual Memory) subsystem continues to be - refined. The merged VM/cache design helps systems like - wcarchive.cdrom.com juggle thousands (literally, more than 10,000) - simultaneous FTP connections without falling over.</p></li> - - <li><p>Architecture ports: FreeBSD supports seven main architectures - currently: Alpha, AMD64, i386, Itanium, PC-98, PowerPC and UltraSPARC. - There are also ongoing works to port the project for further - architectures. See the <a - href="../platforms/index.html">Supported Platforms</a> page - for more information.</p></li> - - <li><p>MAC Framework: FreeBSD supports Mandatory Access Control, a feature - usually found in trusted operating systems available for high - prices. FreeBSD gives you advanced security for free! The - <a href="http://www.trustedbsd.org">TrustedBSD Project</a> - provides further trusted operating system extensions.</p></li> - - <li><p>GEOM classess: GEOM is a modular disk framework that lets - you concatenate, mirror, stripe, or encrypt disks. It is rich - in functionality and keeps your data safe.</p></li> - -</ul> + <p><a href="../features.html">Technological + enhancements</a> continue to be added to *BSD.</p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/> |