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Date:      Sat, 21 Jul 2001 18:29:14 +0100
From:      Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.ORG>, Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Moving chapters around in the Handbook
Message-ID:  <3B59BBEA.3060600@cream.org>
References:  <20010716185834.D77647@meow.osd.bsdi.com> <20010719134759.B79615@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <3B57A50B.9010101@cream.org> <20010720081706.H79615@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <20010720172437.A6118@ark.cris.net> <20010721145108.N79615@daemon.ninth-circle.org>

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Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:

> That is the issue.
> 
> Is that document written for the end-user or for an administrator?

But the end-user is the administrator of their box! ;-)

In my opinion, the documentation is written for people who are trying to 
get things done, reguardless of they are trying to do it in a server or 
desktop environment. After all, many of the tasks they have to perform 
are the same anyway. And an inexperienced server administrator needs 
exactly the same level of hand-holding and explanation as an 
inexperienced end-user setting up their workstation for the first time.

Returning to the question of where the X installation chapter should be, 
I believe it should be near the start as it is part of the process of 
getting the system working, IMHO. And I guess we could add a comment to 
the introduction reminding server administrators that they probably 
don't need or want X at all.

Andrew.


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