From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 16:00:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA09775 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:00:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclops.xtra.co.nz (cyclops.xtra.co.nz [202.27.184.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA09757 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:00:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by cyclops.xtra.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id MAA20427; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:47:06 +1300 (NZDT) Message-Id: <199811092347.MAA20427@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: "Steve Friedrich" Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:47:06 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Plea to core team Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz CC: "FreeBSD Questions" In-reply-to: <199811091834.NAA01186@laker.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 9 Nov 98, at 13:31, Steve Friedrich wrote: > As Jonathan pointed out in a recent post, the link on > www.freebsd.org points to 3.0R boot floppies. I hope someone changes that > back to 2.2.7. The web site, IMHO, should be configured to give you the > most stable, best supported, version unless you're able to READ enough to > find 3.0R. If it's slightly difficult to find, and we push people towards > 2.2.7, we'll be in better shape. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, > Winblows measures it in minutes. Good stuff Steve. The download section of the website must be written with newbies as the intended audience. This is most likely their first encounter with FreeBSD if not UNIX. As such, *anything* which discourages them is bad for the FreeBSD Project. I believe that part of our duty as helpers is to make things easier for the newbies. There are some people that don't want to help newbies. That's their choice, but it's no excuse for being rude. It's one thing to direct someone to a manual or a webpage. It's another thing to tell them to RTFM. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message