Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:08:21 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: John Ferrell <jdferrell3@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updated FreeBSD for Linux users article Message-ID: <47D435A5.10907@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <687945.66586.qm@web90604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <687945.66586.qm@web90604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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John Ferrell wrote: > > John Ferrell wrote: > > I have been working on an article entitled "FreeBSD Quickstart > for Linux Users", a technical overview of FreeBSD for Linux users. > I have had some feedback from this list and from some people on > IRC. I was hoping to solicit some more feedback before I submitted > it. > > > > > http://promethium.rhsmith.umd.edu/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-for-linux-users/article.html > > > > Thanks in advance, > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > This is a nice, well focused writeup :) > > Two things you may wish to consider: > > - In your description of packages and pkg_add you may add a few lines > about how you can use PACKAGESITE to retrieve the latest packages > from > the stable distribution. A lot of people are not aware that by > default > pkg_add fetches release packages, they believe they are getting > updated > ones. > > - Since you are discussing the init system and mention > /usr/local/etc/rc.d: A quick explanation about the difference between > the base system and the ports (possibly with a reference to another > document or the handbook, so you would not have to expand this a > lot). > Also a mention that /etc/rc.d has the startup scripts for services in > the base distribution and /usr/local/etc/rc.d for scripts in > user-installed programs. Finding out what to write in /etc/rc.conf to > enable a service confuses most beginners, a mention of the general > rule > _enable="YES" or the rcvar to find out the entry > would be nice IMHO. > > A quick correction, in the same section, the example about > apache22 is > wrong, it should read: > > # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 start > > and > > # /etc/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 forcestart > > > Manolis > > > > Manolis, > > Thank you for your suggestions and for catching those errors. I just finished up incorporating your suggestions. > > http://promethium.rhsmith.umd.edu/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-for-linux-users/article.html > > Thanks again, > John Well done! This will save a lot of beginners a lot of frustration. (I learned the hard way myself ;) ) Thanks, Manolis
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