Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 09:30:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> To: msilver@sc.rr.com Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Doug Young'" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Subject: RE: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008020928200.5231-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <DBB3921EFE2AD211A81500A0C9B5FE760579452C@msg04.scana.com>
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> You have hit the nail on the head. I have heard profressional UNIX > programmers complain about this same thing. Sun employees a team of technical writers just for that purpose. The FreeBSD team can't afford something like that, nor do the developers want to do it. It ain't glamours but it's a perfect way for those of us who considers ourselves 'newbies' to contribute meaningfully. Check out the freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list. > 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). http://www.freebsddiary.org (.com?) goes a long ways towards doing just this. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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