From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 1 19:09:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D1BCA3 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 19:09:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from diana.db.net (unknown [IPv6:2620:64:0:1:223:7dff:fea2:c8f2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2E2A1077 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 19:09:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from night.db.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by diana.db.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3C1C2AA630 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 12:09:47 -0700 (MST) Received: by night.db.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 717571CC43; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 14:08:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 14:08:48 -0500 From: Diane Bruce To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD For Linux Users (update) Message-ID: <20130301190848.GA10978@night.db.net> References: <1UB9VE-0002eY-EQ@internal.tormail.org> <20130301173357.GA3267@yavin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130301173357.GA3267@yavin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:09:56 -0000 On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 10:33:57AM -0700, Derek Wood wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 07:50:52PM -0000, sib@tormail.org wrote: > > My question to you: Would anyone here be interested in updating it (or > > just helping a bit) to be more accurate with the modern FreeBSD world, and > > has a place to host it that we can link to? I think this would really be a > > nice improvement and help us teach more new users about how we do things. > > I've been wanting this done for quite some time. I'm spread very thin. Please do it. :-) > > Also, a few official pages on freebsd.org are growing a bit old > > (references to CVS, etc.) and might need similar treatment: > > > > FreeBSD: An Open Source Alternative to Linux > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-comparison/article.html > > FreeBSD Quickstart Guide for Linux Users > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-users/index.html > > Comparing BSD and Linux > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/explaining-bsd/comparing-bsd-and-linux.html > > > > I'm going to begin going through all of these pages in the next few days > > and see what needs to be updated and how much work this will be, but I > > would greatly appreciate any help from the community! > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > My suggestion would be to host it on wiki.freebsd.org and then > eventually convert it into an article or chapter of the handbook. If > you don't have an account for the wiki you can drop by #bsddocs or > #bsdports on efnet and someone will get you sorted. > > As for the article, I think it would be most productive to examine > which of those you linked can be replaced with the document you intend > to write, then make sure that the new document includes the > information of the outgoing documents. We don't really need >3 "Linux > vs FreeBSD" articles, just one really good one. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Diane -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db