Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:32:16 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: Dan Langille <dan@freebsddiary.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proposal: weekly posting about FreeBSD Diary Message-ID: <20000229153216.A9533@athena.sea.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <200002292244.LAA39892@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>; from Dan Langille on Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:44:32AM %2B1300 References: <200002292244.LAA39892@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:44:32AM +1300, Dan Langille wrote: > How would the list react to a weekly posting about The FreeBSD Diary? > I'd like to see a listing of every tutorial, every specific tutorial-like Q&A (include the DaemonNews Answerman columns), your site, just for starters. At least twice a week someone will ask a general question that has been answered many times before. To be able give a URL in response would be ideal. Since this isn't very realistic, the next best idea would be to give an overview would work I think. gary > It's been my experience that a large number of questions asked on this > list are covered by either the FAQ, the handbook, and by my site. For > many people, what they need is a practical example. That's where my > site can help. Many people are totally unaware of the Diary. If we can > make more people aware of the resources available at the Diary, > perhaps the pressure on the list might be reduced somewhat. Save gigabytes! not to mention carpal tunnel syndrome. -g > Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited [I'm looking for more work] > http://www.dvl-software.com/ | http://www.unixathome.org/ > http://www.racingsystem.com/ | http://www.freebsddiary.org/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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