Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 15:35:22 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: jstschuh <jstschuh@trianglenet.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Help information] Message-ID: <19980919153522.03951@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <3603A80B.B03DCA0B@trianglenet.net>; from jstschuh on Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 12:48:11PM %2B0000 References: <3603A80B.B03DCA0B@trianglenet.net>
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On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 12:48:11PM +0000, jstschuh wrote: > Hello, I've been writing J. Hubbard about helping out with the > FreeBSD effort. I would like to work with others to create a > document that knits together all docs that relate to either > converting or adding FreeBSD to a Windoze9x machine. > > There are some wonderful writings in your series. A potential > problem is there is a large number of docs, a number that might > dissuade those feed the milk of 9x from graduating to a more > robust OS. Certainly some might argue this is coddling those who > need to get out there and hit the man pages, but I think with > more 'hand-holding' we can do more to bring acceptance to > full-featured OS's like FreeBSD. > > UNIX does not come easy to new people. I think it would be good > to make the first experience of installing the OS as effortless > as possible. > > What do you think? I think more tutorials would be good. "Upgrading from MS-Window to FreeBSD (as server or workstation)" sounds like a good title/topic. Be sure to cover how to get Samba up and running, too. I don't have time to actually do the writing (I don't run any Windows at the moment, anyway, so I'd have a hard time), but I can do review of the document. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehelp
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