Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 20:21:27 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: "'Ariel Burbaickij'" <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: General thoughts and questions on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911232007560.26385-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105DAC@site2s1>
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > > -----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 <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> 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 I mean smm psd and usd I guess smm is standard 4.4BSD system manager manual,p stand for programmer supplementary documents and usd is user suplementary documents. Have seen all of them in printed form by ora. I would say there are worlds between them and NAG SAG and TLK*tutorial on linux kernel* and to my very pity not in favour of former Btw would anyone of the guys considered as guru here provide something like general tutorilas on usual kernel topics:VMmamgment ,filesystem,IPC and so on once in month or to his/their own liking.I guess I would be not the only one who would be interested in. > 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, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > > > "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
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