From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 04:12:09 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E292BB37; Sat, 18 Oct 2014 04:12:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9799ACB; Sat, 18 Oct 2014 04:12:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=lOcaxKSaNEE4FvaUyYx8b296t8RgwX/Kxk3ZKMjFT0U=; b=I/q79uJrFtQ23qP93aHKJYVRTupcham+9oX/ikck8NIiYwXDBkSMTMgKhPxFOoUu5Sn0MqUXkoaIT2290TkbaFTIPgDgyJJ7I4uq8XwxgFOayAwtJfLdX1wS5qSnNbnMx47zpVZauDBn2unMWExTbsahYqHU6LY2+xJNR76bB6M=; Received: from [203.174.11.50] (port=46963 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (UNKNOWN:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XfLN3-004GFK-Og; Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:12:02 -0600 Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:11:50 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Craig Rodrigues Subject: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg? Message-ID: <20141018121150.5aae6682@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20140811221043.492110d4@arch> <20140813213718.4814f58c@arch> <53EC1214.9020505@pinyon.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: "Russell L. Carter" , freebsd-current Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 04:12:10 -0000 Hi, On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:01:30 -0700 Craig Rodrigues wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Russell L. Carter > wrote: > > > One complaint I have about the FreeBSD project, is that the core > project contributors and developers rely too much on > e-mail for communication. This certainly works, and I use it too, but > new and casual users getting into FreeBSD > may get lost in the maze of FreeBSD mailing lists. It would be nice > if more of the core project contributors mailing lists have two advantages I would not like to miss. A) people can create their own archive and use it when they are offline B) Google & Co. offer good search tools to search the online archives > used the web forums ( http://forums.freebsd.org ), since stuff like I also noticed while travelling that some locations block the forum. Ok, it is rare. > that shows up nicely in web searches, and it is easier This is also true for the e-mails. Erich