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Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 11:19:36 -0500
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Check out http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd

One site I like.

----- Original Message -----
From: "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com>
To: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: "'Doug Young'" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:10 AM
Subject: RE: new books, changing my pt. of view


> I couldn't agree more.
>
> >My point was / is that there's nothing wrong with the reliability of
> FreeBSD,
> >however its badly lacking in usable "how to get blah working in 5 steps"
> >type documentation. If that issue could be properly resolved it would
> certainly
> >challenge Solaris / SCO etc  The manual & Complete FreeBSD still lack a
> >heap of the essential details needed to get stuff working quickly .... to
> get
> >something unfamiliar working one has to read disjointed bits of this &
bits
> of
> >that, attempt to piece the lot together so its halfway intelligible, then
> >post heaps of questions to the list and hope someone has been down the
> exact
> >same road recently and remembers how to solve the issue. That's maybe OK
> >for hackers with unlimited resources of time, but its not practical for
> businesses
> >who just need the thing working yesterday.
>
> You have hit the nail on the head.  I have heard profressional UNIX
> programmers complain about this same thing.
>
> I wonder if this gap could not be filled by a well designed web site.
> Basically a 'What is' and 'How to' database.  For example, if you wanted
to
> set up a firewall, search for 'firewall', and a list of the available
> packages would be displayed with detailed layman descriptions of each with
> advantages and disadvantages, home web sites, and most importantly, step
by
> step setup instructions and maybe some troubleshooting guidliness pulled
> from past messages.  This would help 1) in finding the appropriate package
> for a given situation, and 2) in setting it up, which is always the
hardest
> part.  The instructions would have to written to the lowest common
> denomenator (like me).
>
> Let me know what you think about this.  Perhaps it already exists???  If
> not, it may be time for us 'newbies' to step up to the plate.
>
> ...Michael...
>
>
>
>
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