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Subject: Re: Better late than never...  The FreeBSD News!
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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 <foo>" 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
>