svn commit: r42844 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Sat Oct  5 05:29:45 2013
New Revision: 42844
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42844

Log:
  Somewhat simplify the about page.  It is unlikely that a user new to FreeBSD wants a complete technical listing of the architectures we support.
  
  This page is still a wall of text and still contains irrelevant information, but this is a start.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/about.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/about.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/about.xml	Sat Oct  5 04:50:49 2013	(r42843)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/about.xml	Sat Oct  5 05:29:45 2013	(r42844)
@@ -15,19 +15,15 @@
 
     		<h2>What is FreeBSD?</h2>
 
-		      <p>FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86
-			compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™),
-			amd64, x86-64 and x64
-			compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon™64,
-			and EM64T), ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, PC-98 and UltraSPARC®
-			architectures.  It is derived from BSD, the version of
+		      <p>FreeBSD is an operating system for a <a
+			href="&base;/platforms/">variety of
+			platforms</a> focussing on features, speed, and
+			stability.  It is derived from BSD, the version of
 			&unix; developed at the
 			University of California, Berkeley.  It is developed
 			and maintained by <a
 			  href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-committers.html">a
-			large team of individuals</a>. Additional <a
-			  href="&base;/platforms/index.html">platforms</a> are
-			in various stages of development.</p>
+			large community</a>.</p>
 
 		      <h2>Cutting edge features</h2>