Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:40:30 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Better late than never... The FreeBSD News! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970404203836.11645B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <1848.860160949@time.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> OK folks, sorry for the delay on this.. As I intimated last week, the
> "FreeBSD News" newsletter publication thingy is now past the early
> planning & layout stages and into the "who will write the articles?"
> stage.
>
> We're not looking for anything super ambitious in the way of articles
> here, just something which describes an interesting use you're making
> of FreeBSD or aims itself at educating the new user about some aspect
> of FreeBSD's infrastructure (Davidg talking about wcarchive, mpp
> talking about GNATs and how to use it, jmb talking about the mailing
> lists, etc). Generic "how to configure your <foo>" sorts of tutorials
> would be nice too. Length should be 300-400 words, though shorter
> "quick tip" articles are always welcome too. We can make the panels
> any size we want. :)
>
[snip]
>
> o The FreeBSD mailing lists and how to make them work
> for you. [jmb? :)]
>
> o The FreeBSD web site - an overview of services offered.
>
> o The FreeBSD problem reporting mechanism - how to submit reports and
> how to search for them. [ mpp is signed up for this ].
>
> o Staying up to date with {CVSup | CTM} [jdp? phk? :)]
>
> o Setting up an effective X desktop environment.
>
> o How FreeBSD is developed [subtitle: What are core team
> members and committers and how does one become one?].
>
> o Installing and managing your Apache web server.
>
> o Installing and managing SAMBA for Win95/NT interoperability
>
> o Running Linux binaries under FreeBSD - what to do and where
> to get the libraries.
>
> o A comparison between FreeBSD and Linux [special note: This topic
> reserved for someone with cojones the size of coconuts].
>
Well, someone could write about /etc/make.conf... (No, this is not a
promise).
Sander
[snip again]
>
>
> All correspondence to me please (and watch your cc lines! I don't
> think all of -hackers wants to read your first draft :-).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jordan
>
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