Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 09:04:35 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: jkh@freefall.freebsd.org (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't hit.. Message-ID: <199606111504.JAA08203@terra.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <199606110858.BAA15193@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jun 11, 96 01:58:32 am
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1) Your web page tip
2) "The FreeBSD handbook contains a wealth of information"
3) "There is a list of Frequently Asked Questions online
at http:/..."
4) "You can search the mailing list archives for problems
and solutions at ..."
5) "FreeBSD t-shirt, complete with daemon. http:..."
6) "FreeBSD is supported by an extensive set of mailing lists.
http://..."
7) "If you'd like to contribute to the FreeBSD project, see...."
But perhaps best:
7) Do *not* delete the math device from your kernel and ask about
it on -questions.
Well, it was a thought. :-)
-Dave Andersen
Lo and behold, Jordan K. Hubbard once said:
>
> Here's a really warped and twisted idea I just got.. You know how
> most commercial software installers take advantage of the "dead time"
> during system installation to give the user lots of handy tips on
> the kinds of things they might encounter or how to send off a warranty
> registration card, etc and so forth? Well. Erm.. It wouldn't
> be all that hard to make the sysinstall do that in novice mode,
> either. Given an array of tip strings like "Be sure and see our
> web pages at http://www.freebsd.org!", I could whap them up along
> with the "progress bar" dialog during the installation. Lot of
> dead time spent looking at that stupid status bar.
>
> What do you think? Puke, wretch, gag me with a microsoft splash product
> screen or sort of a good idea? If you have opinions verging more
> towards the "good idea" side, send me your tip strings and I'll collect
> them.. If you think this idea is hateful and you'd personally refuse to use
> sysinstall ever again if it were incorporated (though what are you
> doing in "novice" mode, dude? :) then let me know that, too.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jordan
>
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