Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:03:12 -0700 From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org> To: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@pinyon.org> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg? Message-ID: <CAG=rPVdO8GOvCe6s7BLyv9UjS7PR6VBtMOwMBcmh=Gs4cd=skg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG=rPVcUK3aHAVMQnd__yHGP8%2BfUFe_WN6eYi7A5UO2=SEEdOA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20140811221043.492110d4@arch> <CAG=rPVdht0jYnpWjd0rkiy=Lv5cXUiz5e=4zvrLN9f-6sLHSow@mail.gmail.com> <20140813213718.4814f58c@arch> <53EC1214.9020505@pinyon.org> <CAG=rPVcUK3aHAVMQnd__yHGP8%2BfUFe_WN6eYi7A5UO2=SEEdOA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Russell L. Carter <rcarter@pinyon.org> > wrote: > > One complaint I have about the FreeBSD project, is that the core > project contributors and developers rely too much on > e-mail for communication. This certainly works, and I use it too, but > new and casual users getting into FreeBSD > may get lost in the maze of FreeBSD mailing lists. It would be nice > if more of the core project contributors > used the web forums ( http://forums.freebsd.org ), since stuff like > that shows up nicely in web searches, and it is easier > for newcomers to find stuff, and jump in and contribute to threads, > versus mailing lists. > I just noticed this: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/new-forums-software-online.48495/ The FreeBSD Forums Administration team just upgraded the forum software from phpBB to Xenforo. They migrated 260,000 messages......wow, this is a huge achievement! Xenforo is nice stuff, so hopefully more FreeBSD core developers can take advantage of the forums, in addition to the traditional mailing lists. -- Craig
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