From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Oct 5 23:24:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA14854 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 23:24:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14847 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 23:24:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA21550; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:54:01 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id PAA02162; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:53:41 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981006155341.C27781@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:53:41 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Eivind Eklund , doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dos and Don'ts References: <19981006071237.02443@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981006071237.02443@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 07:12:38AM +0200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tuesday, 6 October 1998 at 7:12:38 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > I sat down and wrote up a small list of these, for new users. I hope > to include this as part of the FOO.TXT files (if there is space > available - I'm not sure if they go on the boot floppy), or at least > somewhere easily visible. > > Here it is, at least - I'm sure there are more that can be added, so > please fire away! (The routed entry is already contributed by > gz@EFnet). > > > Dos and Don'ts of FreeBSD > ------------------------- > > DON'T run pppd unless you either > (a) already have a working setup, or > (b) absolutely need the 2% reduction of CPU usage it will give > you. Why this? With all respect for Brian, I've found pppd to be more reliable. > DON'T run routed unless you know what dynamic routes are and why you > need them. Yes! > DON'T send questions to anything but questions@freebsd.org, except: > * Multimedia questions (TV-cards, sound cards, qcam, and > similar) can go to multimedia@freebsd.org. > * Questions directly related to the FreeBSD code (ie, not > functionality) can be sent to hackers@freebsd.org > * Questions about ISDN can be sent to isdn@freebsd.org Questions from newbies can go to -newbies if they meet Aunty Sue's criteria. > DON'T send questions about anything (beyond the exceptions noted > above) to any mailing list you are not a member of and have > read for at least two days. This sounds funny, like you want them to be a member and not have read it for two days. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message