Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:43:05 +0200 From: "oklahoma" <mlists08@gmail.com> To: "David A. Rogers" <david.a.rogers@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: handbook suggestion Message-ID: <000d01c962f4$5308d5c0$146ea8c0@midnight> References: <8f7da5f40812201123t19c6cabj2d11b62345a27db8@mail.gmail.com>
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> First, let me say that I find FreeBSD to be the best of all the free > Unices > -- and it is due to the excellent and practical documentation. > > That said, there is an easy way to make FreeBSD easier for the home user. > There are a number of suggestions/methods of doing things in the handbook > that are appropriate for the business user that are not needed or useful > for > the home user. > > As an example, both the usb drive and scanner sections give instructions > for > allowing others besides root to mount/use the respective hardware. Both > suggestions give advice that restrict the enabling to just one group. For > home use it would be easier to just allow any user to mount/use hardware. > > A sidebar or some such giving alternatives for personal/home users would > be > nice. > > Thanks, > --dr IMHO FreeBSD documentation lack a section in wich are described case studies and recommendations for particular problems.
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