From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 13 02:49:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA02711 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 02:49:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [195.89.149.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA02703 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 02:49:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA19118; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:37:58 +0100 (BST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA01564; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:37:38 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19980813093737.A823@iii.co.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:37:37 +0100 To: Tony T , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hmmm References: <19980812191049.12602.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19980812191049.12602.qmail@hotmail.com>; from Tony T on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 12:10:49PM -0700 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 12:10:49PM -0700, Tony T wrote: > This may sound silly but why aren't there links to FreeBSD related sites > easily available from the main page? > > I know there are sites dedicated to FreeBSD how-to's out there as I've > been on a few by word of mouth. Why not create a links off the main > page? The links to tutorials that we know about are on the Documentation page. Do you have some more URLs you'd like to add? If so, can you put them in a PR and use 'send-pr' to get them in (replying to this message might work, but there's a greater chance that someone will pick them up if you use send-pr). > Implementing simple web based discussion groups would be a plus too. > Sure, mailing lists are very useful but *scoff* there are more up to > date ways quite easily achieved with FreeBSD. I'd start one up myself > if I could afford a dedicated link. I disagree. I can't filter a web-based discussion system to only include particular authors. I can't bounce appropriate messages to friends. I can't use my usual editor when I'm replying to messages. I can't change the colours to use what I normally use when I'm reading mail. I can't get automatic notification when new mail is sent to the list. Use the web for web stuff. Use mail for mail stuff. N -- --+==[ Nik Clayton becomes Just Another Perl Contractor in 30 days. ]==+-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message