From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 18 13:57:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-169-54.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.169.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6202E37B4EC for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:57:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.168.205] (cerberus [192.168.168.205]) by cfcl.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA76348 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:00:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3A8F83C9.60E43AE6@urx.com> References: <3A8F83C9.60E43AE6@urx.com> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:55:04 -0800 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG From: Rich Morin Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#web Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:11 AM -0800 2/18/01, Kent Stewart wrote: >Did you look at http://www.freebsd.org/news/ That's a nice-looking page, but there are a few problems with it: * The link to "FreeBSD Rocks" gets a redirect to DaemonNews, so it is redundant. * It probably should include a link to TUCOWS, assuming that they are really back in the game: http://news.tucows.com/bsd/pastart.html * It isn't really about _support_, which was the issue at hand. It'a a bit hard, however, to know which links should be included on a support page. My bookmarks list for BSD contains 45+ links, ranging from corporate support pages to information portals to ... Really, what I would like to see is some annotated pages of resource links, covering various types of resources. The current "news" page lists only a few sites; many others exist. I am posting my BSD link file (under separate cover), as a starting point; perhaps others can help me fill it in. Getting back to the specific issue of technical resources, however, I would recommend listing (at least): http://freebsd.peon.net/ "freebsd.peon.net" tutorials, man pages (from freebsd.org) http://freshports.org/ "FreshPorts - the place for ports" information on ported software http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/FreeBSD-srctree/FreeBSD.html "Cross-references for FreeBSD" hyperlinked source code tree for FreeBSD 3-STABLE http://www.acme.com/firewall.html "FreeBSD Firewall Configuration" http://www.cfcl.com/Meta/md_fb.html "The FreeBSD Browser" search engine for FreeBSD files and documentation http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ "FreeBSD Cheat Sheets" "step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and maintaining a FreeBSD system" -r -- -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm email: rdm@cfcl.com phone: +1 650-873-7841 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message