Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:48:25 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> Cc: gummibear@we.mediaone.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. - Concerning User Groups Message-ID: <19990122204807.EPJP682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <19990111085859.A29841@athena.tera.com> References: <19990111082609.XLAP678125.mta2-rme@wocker>; from Dan Langille on Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 09:25:24PM %2B1300
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On 11 Jan 99, at 8:58, Gary Kline wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 09:25:24PM +1300, Dan Langille wrote: > > On 10 Jan 99, at 22:35, gummibear@we.mediaone.net wrote: > > > > > I totally agree here. Users really need to get involved. I have > > > noticed that there is a FreeBSD Webring. I think that is one of the > > > greatest things that has been thought of for FreeBSD Advocacy. If > > > you're HTML savy and have something to say about FreeBSD, then by all > > > means put your HTML skills to work and let people know what you think > > > about FreeBSD. > > > > I jumped at the chance to get involved with this webring. But I don't > > think I'm getting much traffic from it. A great deal of my traffic > > comes from www.freebsd.org. Perhaps we need to promote the ring more as > > well. > > > > > You > > > create an online FreeBSD diary dedicated on what you did when you > > > installed, what problems you had and how you fixed them, what software > > > packages you liked the best, how did you set up your kernel, etc. > > > > WOW! That's a really fantastic idea! Why didn't I think of that? > > > > <tongue firmly in cheek> > > > > Why not write an article, however brief, for either DN or > the FreeBSD 'zine for a start? Or both! Ummm, I'm lost. Write an article about what? I'm already a contributor for FreeBSD'zine. As for DN, I'm willing to have a go at that as well. > As for sharing knowledge of HowTo Do Whatever in *BSD-land, > one goal I have in mind, and I believe that my co-authors > will agree to this, is to eventually have HTML links to > our Answerman column where the material is presented in > tutorial form. That does sound good! -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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