Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 05:37:11 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Rick Hamell" <hamellr@aracnet.com>, <msilver@sc.rr.com> Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <015401bffcb9$10b7e620$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008020928200.5231-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
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I've was subscribed to the docs list for months but gave it away as a bad joke .. its all propellorheads talking to others of their kind ..... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of touch with the "real world" folk ----- Original Message ----- 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> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 2:30 AM Subject: RE: new books, changing my pt. of view > > > 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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