From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 4 09:39:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA21394 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 09:39:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA21362 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 09:38:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id UAA11850; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:40:31 +0300 (EEST) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:40:30 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Better late than never... The FreeBSD News! In-Reply-To: <1848.860160949@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > OK folks, sorry for the delay on this.. As I intimated last week, the > "FreeBSD News" newsletter publication thingy is now past the early > planning & layout stages and into the "who will write the articles?" > stage. > > We're not looking for anything super ambitious in the way of articles > here, just something which describes an interesting use you're making > of FreeBSD or aims itself at educating the new user about some aspect > of FreeBSD's infrastructure (Davidg talking about wcarchive, mpp > talking about GNATs and how to use it, jmb talking about the mailing > lists, etc). Generic "how to configure your " sorts of tutorials > would be nice too. Length should be 300-400 words, though shorter > "quick tip" articles are always welcome too. We can make the panels > any size we want. :) > [snip] > > o The FreeBSD mailing lists and how to make them work > for you. [jmb? :)] > > o The FreeBSD web site - an overview of services offered. > > o The FreeBSD problem reporting mechanism - how to submit reports and > how to search for them. [ mpp is signed up for this ]. > > o Staying up to date with {CVSup | CTM} [jdp? phk? :)] > > o Setting up an effective X desktop environment. > > o How FreeBSD is developed [subtitle: What are core team > members and committers and how does one become one?]. > > o Installing and managing your Apache web server. > > o Installing and managing SAMBA for Win95/NT interoperability > > o Running Linux binaries under FreeBSD - what to do and where > to get the libraries. > > o A comparison between FreeBSD and Linux [special note: This topic > reserved for someone with cojones the size of coconuts]. > Well, someone could write about /etc/make.conf... (No, this is not a promise). Sander [snip again] > > > All correspondence to me please (and watch your cc lines! I don't > think all of -hackers wants to read your first draft :-). > > Thanks! > > Jordan >