Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:17:25 -0500 (EST) From: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/32002: new FAQ: what hardware to buy Message-ID: <200111151317.IAA42780@blackhelicopters.org>
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>Number: 32002
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: new FAQ: what hardware to buy
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 15 05:20:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Michael Lucas
>Release: FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
None
>Environment:
yesterday's -doc tree
>Description:
If anyone actually reads the FAQ before asking questions, this might
help.
>How-To-Repeat:
Sit on -questions or -mobile for a while.
>Fix:
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</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
+ <question id="which-hardware-to-get">
+ <para>I want to get a piece of hardware for my FreeBSD
+ system. Which model/brand/type is best?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>This is discussed continually on the FreeBSD mailing
+ lists. Since hardware changes so quickly, however, we
+ expect this. We <emphasis>still</emphasis> strongly
+ recommend that you search the mailing list
+ <ulink URL="http://www.freebsd.org/search/#mailinglists">;
+ archives</ulink> before asking about the latest and
+ greatest hardware. Chances are a discussion about the
+ type of hardware you're looking for took place just last
+ week.</para>
+
+ <para>If you're looking for a laptop, check the
+ FreeBSD-mobile mailing list archives. Otherwise, you
+ probably want the archives for FreeBSD-questions, or
+ possibly a specific mailing list for a particular hardware
+ type.</para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
<question id="supported-hard-drives">
<para>What kind of hard drives does FreeBSD support?</para>
</question>
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