Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:03:52 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com> Cc: djohnson@acuson.com, keramida@FreeBSD.ORG, filipak@earthlink.net, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why would one switch to FreeBSD (was: Mark asks: Easy way to copy CD-ROM > MS-floppy?) Message-ID: <20020423200352.0c821ad7.darklogik@pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <000b01c1eb20$79526b90$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey> References: <3CC0CAE5.A8A56319@earthlink.net> <3CC24B33.7102597C@earthlink.net> <20020421130157.GC8347@hades.hell.gr> <20020423205809.1CCA837B425@hub.freebsd.org> <000b01c1eb20$79526b90$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey>
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On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:42:04 -0700
"Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com> wrote:
> > I've found that the FreeBSD man pages are the most complete and well
> written
> > of any Unix or unix-like system I've yet encountered.
>
> Agreed. Kudos to the documentation team and everyone who
> participates.
>
> I sat at lunch with a group of people who I believe were part of the
> documentation effort at BSDCon this year, and one of the things they
> were discussing was how easy it can be to contribute to the FreeBSD
> documentation, and yet how overlooked the documentation is by most
> people.
>
> If you are someone who cannot code, has some extra time on their
> hands, and has always been looking for a way to contribute to FreeBSD,
> consider documentation. Manpages, handbook additions, articles,
> reviews, etc. All of these things are part of what makes it FreeBSD
> function, and what brings new users into the FreeBSD community.
Exactly! Without alot of that documention, I feel the current FreeBSD
user base would not be the size it is. Most people, myself included,
would never be here today without it. ;) Yay for us doc people ;)
>
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