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flyer: update the text a bit

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Try and make the flyer a bit nicer. It can do with some formatting
changes and an overall reduction of wordyness but this is a start.
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Eitan Adler 2017-12-27 11:16:05 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
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@ -105,13 +105,7 @@
{\newcommand{\size}{12.7cm}}
\titledframe{What is FreeBSD?}{
FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including
Pentium\reg and Athlon\tm), amd64 compatible (including Opteron\tm,
Athlon\tm 64, and EM64T), UltraSPARC\reg, IA-64 (Intel\reg Itanium\reg
Processor Family), PC-98 and ARM architectures.
FreeBSD is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX\reg
developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
FreeBSD is a operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.
}{\size}
\ifthenelse{\equal{\logo}{false}}{
\begin{minipage}{4cm}
@ -128,9 +122,8 @@ compatibility features which are still missing in other
operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones.
}{5cm}
\titledframe{\textsf{\textbf{Powerful Internet solutions}}}{
FreeBSD includes what many consider the reference implementation for
TCP/IP software, the 4.4BSD TCP/IP protocol stack, thereby making it
ideal for network applications and the Internet.
FreeBSD includes a high performance networking stack
for network applications and the Internet.
FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet server. It provides robust
network services under the heaviest loads and uses memory efficiently
to maintain good response times for thousands of simultaneous user
@ -160,10 +153,8 @@ etc., without any noticeable speed degradation.
\vspace{5mm}
\titledframe{FreeBSD is easy to install}{
FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including CD-ROM,
DVD-ROM, USB stick,
or even
directly using anonymous FTP or NFS.
FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including a USB Stick,
CD-ROM, or even directly using FTP or NFS.
}{17.3cm}
\vspace{5mm}
@ -192,15 +183,15 @@ and GNU/Linux.
\titledframe{Contacts}{
\begin{itemizeflyer}
\item Web site: \url{http://www.FreeBSD.org/}
\item FreeBSD Handbook: \url{http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/handbook/}
\item Web site: \url{https://www.FreeBSD.org/}
\item FreeBSD Handbook: \url{https://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/handbook/}
\end {itemizeflyer}
}{17.3cm}
\end{center}
%
% Copyrights
\begin{center}
\tiny \copyright 2004-2010 The FreeBSD Project\\
\tiny \copyright 2004-2017 The FreeBSD Project\\
\ifthenelse{\equal{\logo}{true}}{
FreeBSD and the FreeBSD Logo are registered trademarks of the FreeBSD
Foundation.\\}