From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Apr 23 16:56: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC75F37B41B; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([192.168.1.6]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g3NNttSW002925; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:55:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from darklogik@pittgoth.com) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:03:52 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.5) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:42:04 -0700 "Jeremiah Gowdy" 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 ;) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > -- Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes www.FreeBSD.org -The Power To Serve www.Pittgoth.com -Pittgoth Discussion Portal trhodes@{Pittgoth.com, FreeBSD.org} PGP key by www: http://www.pittgoth.com/~darklogik/darklogik.key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message