Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:03:58 +0000 From: Clem.Dye@wdr.com To: grog@lemis.com, jktheowl@bga.com Cc: drwho@xnet.com, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Printed man pages (was: "The Complete FreeBSD", THIRD edition: question) Message-ID: <H0000082016fb759@MHS>
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Any printed documentation on FreeBSD would be welcome, IMHO. I'm just about to start a FreeBSD 3.1 installation on one of my systems. Although I have a copy of the original print of 'The Complete FreeBSD', I still view the whole process with a degree of trepidation. Contrast that with the admittedly small manual that comes with RedHat. It's not complete, but it does get you going and steer you in the right direction. If you compare what's currently available for FreeBSD verses Linux, it's clear that there's a long way to go. Without accessible printed material, I don't see how Joe Public is ever really going to hear about FreeBSD as a viable alternative to Linux or other commercial O/S'es. Clem -----Original Message----- From: jktheowl Sent: 08 March 1999 04:10 To: grog Cc: jktheowl; drwho; FreeBSD-questions Subject: Printed man pages (was: "The Complete FreeBSD", THIRD edition: question) Greg Lehey writes: > On Saturday, 6 March 1999 at 23:43:15 -0600, Michael Maxwell wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 10:20:38AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Saturday, 6 March 1999 at 6:07:06 -0500, Thomas Good wrote: > >>> Greg - Forgive me if I've missed a posting...has it been resolved > >>> whether you will be separating the man pages from the install & conf > >>> portion of your forthcoming 3E? <snip...> > There's a chance. Walnut Creek is investigating the possibility of > cheaper techniques to print small book runs. I'd like to hear from > people who would be interested in buying a "man pages" book, something > like the ones that O'Reilly did for 4.4BSD. > I would. By the way, I'm wondering about your effort for an O'Reilly edition. Did that go away while I wasn't looking? John 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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