some ideas.

Read "THE HOLE HAWG OF OPERATING SYSTEMS" chapter in the book "In the
Beginning was the Command Line" by Neal Stephenson.

http://www.cryptonomicon.com/command.zip

It is an explain of unix and BSD power. this can help you.

regards.

Dimitri.-
http://es.geocities.com/trichotecene/
OpenBSD - Free, Functional & Secure


--- El vie, 4/7/08, Darrin Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribis:

> De: Darrin Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Asunto: Re: An Introduction to OpenBSD
> Para: "raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: "misc" <misc@openbsd.org>
> Fecha: viernes, 4 julio, 2008 2:03
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 05:01:46PM +0200, raven wrote:
> > i want to make a presentation to introduce OpenBSD
> into the public of
> > my university. Someone can give me ideas to capture
> the public? Most
> > of my public work with linux, so i think i have to
> spent some words
> > into the difference between linux and OBSD.
>
> In the beginning I would stress the similarities so that
> the Linux
> people will not feel lost. Then show the things that
> OpenBSD does very
> well, and how easy it is.
>
> Which features you show depends on your audience. Don't
> try to show
> advanced PF tricks to a desktop Linux crowd. They just
> won't get it, and
> you'll have hecklers saying "I can do that with
> ipchains" and such.
> Nevermind that it's simpler, more secure and more
> robust with PF, the
> desktop people will go away with the impression that
> ipchains can do
> anything so there's no reason to use OpenBSD/PF.
>
> It's a different story if you get a room full of people
> who know
> ipchains. Then you can have a discussion. And you can have
> them
> understanding the PF rules (not writing, but reading &
> understanding)
> within minutes. Also, there will probably be some people in
> the audience
> using OpenBSD on edge devices in front of their Linux
> boxes. Get them to
> raise their hands, and maybe even say why they use OpenBSD.
>
> If you are going to speak to the university Linux group and
> your
> audience is general users then you should attend as many of
> their
> meetings as possible to learn your audience.
>
> If you are going in blind, then consider doing something
> very impressive
> and fun. Cutting an ethernet cable with an axe to show off
> CARP comes to
> mind. Heck, that's good for all occassions! :)
>
> --
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