From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 7 22:36:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BAE616A418 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oren.almog@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F66913C442 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:36:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oren.almog@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so3906537fka.11 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:36:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=MAy+nWiXsR+mc4YwMZ2FVPwWDTlZ0v5s37c/1K3k/0Y=; b=q2YpSDXkaEkYp9P2lcnRt8ct/jx/n/M2YvzWcef5wT/Ot3LyROWYQtk7wSznioxyUo4MAAdf2Ga1w9wBoHxIH3NETmNMQeL/s40cV9bQdOiXE5YzOZUqIpIyjH5rst+ohBO3BnIzaYEk4gi3D6hg4hZIK2w6yAIcQeZAu9aiP38= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GcC7tQFboEKzs7/ES8XItaOnuRw0JOnkf/P3nM/X7EFL5QYawUTeGs/JJOfdMqqXvoDn9/awEaxkdEp+0FKIDwTGDPS+JBd2M/g8m9DnnXbGEIFNGWcfDm/tuvmZXI/TSY1AYT9g9dSaFyod/75LzYD/gCCYY024k4zaw3vANaY= Received: by 10.82.106.14 with SMTP id e14mr21547636buc.38.1202423763659; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:36:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.2? ( [201.250.102.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j10sm12778427mue.14.2008.02.07.14.36.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:36:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47AB95DC.9080601@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:35:56 -0300 From: Oren Almog User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080207221238.5385016A4C4@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080207221238.5385016A4C4@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 201, Issue 14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:36:06 -0000 I can actually sympathize with that. I am currently trying to understand some of the inner workings of the FreeBSD kernel but the lack of any design documents make it very challenging. And this is FreeBSD - whose documentation is held in high regard - most open source projects are very poor on inner workings documentation. > >> > 1. I wish there were free software programming crash courses for >> > beginners=(beginners in programming) in every free software >> > community event and gath=eting, providing and entry route for >> > those who want to contribute for the a=vailability of free >> > software in all areas of thought and all ciences and al=l >> > activities and not just be passive users. It could be just at free >> > softwa=re events or in association with universities through >> > summer schools, for e=xample. >> > > http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/CE.html > http://www.mindview.net/Books > http://math.arizona.edu/~swig/documentation/pthreads/ > http://www.intelligentedu.com/ > > Just some of my bookmarks. > Also: > ls -al /usr/share/doc/psd on a FreeBSD system. > > As for courses: > http://www.oreillyschool.com/ > -- Mel > > >