Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:48:39 -0700 (PDT) From: peter lageotakes <plageotakes@yahoo.com> To: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Learning to Walk: A Linux User Migrates to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20031025204839.39160.qmail@web14609.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20031025183803.GD4914@dds.nl>
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--- Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 08:49:25AM +0300, Giorgos > Keramidas wrote: > > On 2003-10-24 14:47, Alex de Kruijff > <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> wrote: > > >On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 07:17:20PM -0700, peter > lageotakes wrote: > > >> This is the follow up (part 2) to Babe in the > Woods: A > > >> Linux User Migrates to FreeBSD. > > >> > > >> Interesting article. However I disagree with > the views > > >> about handbook being written at the admin. > level (and > > >> more). The article could be more positive. > > >> > > >> > http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=269 > > > > > > I say this is prity positive considering his > previous article about > > > 5.0. I feel that he gives _his_ fair point of > view on FreeBSD. > > > Strainge that top didn' run, i didn't had this > happening to me. > > > > This is very likely a result of more serious > problems with the /dev > > directory of the installation (like the missing > /dev/null described in > > the article). > > > > I'll agree that it is a rather fair article, > despite my reservations > > regarding the problems described. I've installed > 4.8-REL a lot of times > > but didn't have any of the same problems. The > fact that someone else > > did, which is probably unsurprising for newcomers > to FreeBSD, doesn't > > mean that I'm super smart or that the authors of > the article are silly > > either. The installation process depends on very > scrutinous attention > > to details whose significance isn't yet very > apparent when one is a > > FreeBSD newbie. This is what the documentation > team is trying to help > > about by writing the Handbook and the rest of the > docs. > > > > Let's hope that the quality of the existing > documentation and the future > > efforts of the doc team make problematic cases > like the one described in > > the article less and less frequent :-) > > Its not just the doc team who arre responcible for > the succes of > FreeBSD. Its the whole team, including amoung > others, the doc-team, > developers, core and the users on the lists > (esecialy those on > questions, newbie, stable and current). > > -- > Alex > > Articles based on solutions that I use: > http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/ The install process in the handbook is very detailed. I dont believe that is an issue (imho). One aspect I think might need a small amount of clairification is release, stable and new technology relase (etc). That seems to be a small stumbling block for new users to FreeBSD. Pete __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
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