I always believed that FreeBSD is a very good Operating System, when compared with other OpenSource alternatives, may be my personal choice though!. What it lacks is the marketing and popularity it deserves. The problem I faced was lack of availability of the distro. Since most of the packages are only available on the internet it was very difficult for me to get the entire things through the internet. So I’m thinking of doing something to support FreeBSD.

*BSD has got four sessions at FOSS.IN/2005.  And three out of them are FreeBSD. I always wanted to contribute to FreeBSD, in some way or the other. So I think this the best time. I’m thinking of distributing FreeBSD copies at FOSS right after the talks on FreeBSD. I may not be able to distribute unlimited copies, but just my few cents back to the comunity.

I’ll be making the copies by myself, may be 50-100. And I was seeking feedback or suggestion from FreeBSD users mailing list, and bsd-india mailing list. So far one guy responded on FreeBSD, yet to listen from bsd-india. Will keep you posted on my plans.