From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Aug 2 14:21:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.sunesi.net (ns1.sunesi.net [196.15.192.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF13C37BC19 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:21:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nbm@sunesi.net) Received: from nbm by ns1.sunesi.net with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 13K5x1-0009nA-00; Wed, 02 Aug 2000 23:21:19 +0200 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 23:21:19 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner To: Doug Young Cc: Steve Fagan , msilver@sc.rr.com, "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <20000802232118.A37594@mithrandr.moria.org> References: <06a801bffc9d$73c1a9c0$1600010a@pmr.com> <014e01bffcb8$7d46fed0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <20000802215841.A36147@mithrandr.moria.org> <01a201bffcc0$9f2c6370$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <2000080222 <01b601bffcc6$459e0010$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <01b601bffcc6$459e0010$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>; from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au on Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 07:11:45AM +1000 Organization: Sunesi Clinical Systems X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386 X-URL: http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~nbm/ Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu 2000-08-03 (07:11), Doug Young wrote: > Actually I have produced a newbie-level HOWTO on FreeBSD setup > as a basic gateway box .... getting heaps of compliments from newbies Can't say I saw a mention of it on the doc@FreeBSD.org mailing list. > but I get the impression its seen as far too simplistic and therefore not > quite the "right thing" for the official area. Not that I'm concerned, it You're making assumptions again. We're desperate for documentation on all levels. I find it hard to believe anyone in the documentation project would reject anything that is getting great reviews from newbies. > works for the people for whom it was intended. I'd like to expand on > it but getting the necessary info is like pulling teeth !!!! If it's not known, it isn't helping anyone. It's in your interest to make it known, and possibly incorporate it into the "official" FDP set of documents. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message