From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Sep 19 06:36:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA05147 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sat, 19 Sep 1998 06:36:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA05133 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 1998 06:35:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA16672; Sat, 19 Sep 1998 15:35:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA23662; Sat, 19 Sep 1998 15:35:22 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980919153522.03951@follo.net> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 15:35:22 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: jstschuh , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Help information] References: <3603A80B.B03DCA0B@trianglenet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <3603A80B.B03DCA0B@trianglenet.net>; from jstschuh on Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 12:48:11PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 message