From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 23 10:29:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1FF615356 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:29:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:29:43 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105DAC@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Ariel Burbaickij' Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: General thoughts and questions on FreeBSD Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:29:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Ariel Burbaickij [SMTP:Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de] > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 2:51 AM > To: Giorgos Keramidas > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: General thoughts and questions on FreeBSD > > On 23 Nov 1999, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Greg Lehey writes: > > > > > [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] > > > > Thank you Greg. > > > > > On Friday, 19 November 1999 at 18:28:43 -0500, Jonathon McKitrick > wrote: > > > > A 'hacker' friend of mine... > > [snip] > > > > > > > The docs seem more sparse for BSD --no NAG, so LPG, no SAG-- but > > > > maybe I just never poked around enough. > > > > > > Well, I suppose we don't have them. At any rate, I don't know what > > > these TLAs mean. But then, it's not Linux. > > > > Just the proper time for an old Linux convert to clarify things a bit. > > > > NAG is the ``network administrator's guide'' and the information it > > contains can be applied, apart from linux that is, to several other unix > > > and unix-like systems. > > > > LPG is the ``linux programmer's guide,'' with documentation on > > application program building, which with the usual minor exception of a > > very linux-specific thing, applies to *BSD like a charm too. > > > > SAG is the ``system administrator's guide.'' A document that described > > common tasks a sys-admin will have to go through. Useful stuff, and > > lots of it are handy for *BSD as well. > > > > Now, the funny part is that *BSD actually comes with a similar, probably > > > not as up to date, but altogether extremely useful set of similar texts > > too. They are located in /usr/share/doc/{smm,psd,usd} and I have to > > admit I had copied all of them on every Linux installation I ever made, > > before I got the real thing ;) > Well the same question as posed by I guess Mr Lehey: > What do this 3-letter abbreviation stand for? > Best Regards, > Ariel > What 3 letter abbreviation? Giorgos just explained what all of the acronyms in the original e-mail stand for. Which one are you confused about? You really do need to be more specific with your questions. ;) > > Since they are right there, waiting to be read, but they somehow failed > > to be noticed by our friend, one can not help wondering if a proper > > mention in the handbook or the faq would be any useful. > > > > Regards. > > > > -- > > Giorgos Keramidas, > > "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] > -Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message