From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 8 06:29:34 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3E116A4E1 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 06:29:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D5643D79 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 06:29:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) j486TUvM071320; Sun, 8 May 2005 08:29:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost.blackend.org [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j486TUMH000876; Sun, 8 May 2005 08:29:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j486TQJi000875; Sun, 8 May 2005 08:29:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 08:29:26 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Murray Stokely Message-ID: <20050508062926.GA586@gothic.blackend.org> References: <20050508003321.GI28027@freebsdmall.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050508003321.GI28027@freebsdmall.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Integrating 'FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows 2000' flyer X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 06:29:34 -0000 On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 05:33:21PM -0700, Murray Stokely wrote: > I think it's long past time to update the old 'FreeBSD vs Linux vs > Windows 2000' flyer available at : > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~murray/OS.pdf > > One problem with this document is that it really doesn't fit into the > mold of other content we provide in doc/ or www/, though that is > clearly where it belongs. If we can get it into a text based format > somewhere that we can all update then I'm sure the content will be > improved rapidly. > > To date this document has mostly been distributed in print form. > Perhaps someone could volunteer to TeX it like Marc's existing > freebsd-flyer and import it as : > > doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/flyers/os-comparison > > Alternatively, we could maintain it just as an HTML based table in : > > www/en/marketing/os-comparison.html > > I guess the decision really comes down to how nicely a TeX version can > be made to look. If the answer is not that nicely, then I think > maintaining an HTML version makes the most sense and then having an > artist manually import it into Quark once in a while to make a nice > PDF version. > [...] Everything is possible with TeX but requires some knowledge and a lot of time when it comes to do some DTP works. I think having, in a first time, an HTML version is a good thing (it allows translation and easy update). Then if people need a printable version, a TeX conversion or Scribus one (maybe the best solution) could be done. The best choice for a printed version would be something using our toolchain, this leads to a TeX version. However using Scribus may be easier, and will still allow us to translate and update the content. Marc