From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jun 21 14:12:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA00485 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 14:12:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA00477 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 14:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA04141; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 07:12:53 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980622071250.39813@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 07:12:50 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Docs inadequate for the new breed? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org About twice a month I run into a newbie with no freebsd or unix experience who believes that freebsd-current is what they should be running in order to have the latest greatest version. More and more often I encounter people who believe they can improve their system by simply plugging in a kernel from a different version. Perhaps the warnings we give about these two errors were adequate in the old days, but are going right over the heads of the new breed of hand-held win95 and she'll-be-right Linux refugees? What do others think? Can we, or should we, make clearer warnings in more places? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message