From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 6 14:49:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AB9E37B404 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b157.otenet.gr [212.205.244.165]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g26Mmuuj001728; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:48:58 +0200 (EET) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g26Mmu0i030151; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:49:15 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g26I6cFH034029; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:06:38 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: hades.hell.gr: charon set sender to keramida@freebsd.org using -f Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:06:38 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Mike Meyer Cc: Kevin McCormick , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I bought your system and am not so happy! Message-ID: <20020306180638.GI11735@hades.hell.gr> References: <59884833@toto.iv> <15492.29227.910886.671669@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15492.29227.910886.671669@guru.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2002-03-05 01:22, Mike Meyer wrote: > Kevin McCormick types: > > Why don't you take this, and submit a PR suggesting that it - or > something like it - be put in /etc/motd? Excellent idea. I don't recall the manpage, but OpenBSD has one of those 'now that you finished installation, read this, and more stuff will seem natural to you' pages. I recall, I quite liked it, when I had installed OpenBSD for a while. > > ---SAMPLE--- > > > > Welcome to FreeBSD! > > > > This is your new operating system, so welcome to UNIX, etc. etc. > > > > - To learn how to set up your sound card now, type 'man pcm' > > - To start XFree86, type 'startx' > > - To re-run setup, type /stand/sysinstall > > - To learn more about the FreeBSD ports collection, type 'man ports' > > - To learn how to customize your system more type .... > > - To set change how you log onto your computer, type 'man xdm' 'man getty' > > etc... > > - For more, type 'man nowthatyouveinstalledfreebsdwhattodonow' > > > > ---STOP SAMPLE--- Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message