From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 10 20:53:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA00720 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:53:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from out4.ibm.net (out4.ibm.net [165.87.194.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00707 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:53:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwilde1@ibm.net) Received: from ibm.net (slip-32-100-79-34.ca.us.ibm.net [32.100.79.34]) by out4.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA76722; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 03:53:25 GMT Message-ID: <352EE923.285172AB@ibm.net> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:53:07 -0700 From: Don Wilde Reply-To: dwilde1@ibm.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ac199@hwcn.org CC: rssh@grad.kiev.ua, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 1. User-level documentation. > > How about creating a set of How-to documents , as linux > > have, linked from www.freebsd.org, which cover > > topics, which are not belong to FAQ and Handbook. > > (tuning X11, Oracle-on-FreeBSD, etc) > > We have these; they're called "Tutorials". Topics convered > include, for example, using the mh mail tools, spec. on FreeBSD. > I think Ruslan's got a point that Mark also touched. FreeBSD has better _working_ documentation, but one of the reasons Joe PC buys Linux is the Popular Mechanics-style How-To's. They're pitched down to the Windozer's level, so he walks in the door and never gets a chance to try FreeBSD. The same is true for the OpenBSD e-zine that was just URL'd here. The FreeBSD Newsletter was great, but we need something pitched to the WIRED audience _as_well_. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message