Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 16:18:07 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Installation Guide Project [Was: Re: FreeBSD Adovcacy] Message-ID: <3705502F.99C63046@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.SV4.3.96.990402153139.28286A-100000@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> <37052E56.D243D4F6@thuntek.net> <37053C70.A99BEB29@uswest.net> <370540BF.C67A5442@thuntek.net> <37054D71.A05B12B4@uswest.net>
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Nocturne wrote: > > Donald Wilde wrote: > > > > <installation Guide> > > > > Go for it, excellent project idea! Before there was CFBSD, there was > > "Installing and Running FreeBSD," approx 3/4" thick. > > > > After next week, I will have access to the web tree of ./advocacy. We > > can give all projects a web home, you just would need to e-mail me the > > pages to install. > > I (and anyone else who volunteers) will have to come up with pages > first. Nothing fancy, just a page with the mission statement, contact > info and objects/requirements. I'll get started on the pages today. > May I use the main pages from the Doc Project site as starting > templates? Also, should I provide my own graphics, or will you have > a repository of existing graphics I can use? There's a full slate of Daemons on the Freebsdmall.com site, but the more the better (if you're talented, of course!). Yes, take the SGML from there and work with it. > > > I'd suggest you take a look at the DOC projects already in progress, > > though, and sign yourself up to lurk on the freebsd-doc mailing list. > > There's lots already going on and you don't want to step on toes. > > -doc is on majordomo@freebsd.org, right? > Yes. It's an interesting read when they're active. > As for stepping on toes, I can see how this project might undermine > the drive to get the Handbook and FAQs updated and revised, but I > think that when it comes to newbies, the more documentation options > one has at her/his disposal the better. I know people who've read the > Handbook and remain totally lost. Then they read man pages and a 60 > Lb. UNIX Manual(tm) and suddenly it makes perfect sense to them. > Nonetheless, I'll be sure to be careful, this has to work. Exactly. Jordan's install booklet is concise, but it assumes too many things. The handbook tries to go too many places. BTW, you're _Doug_ Pilgrim, right? I prefer names to handles. > -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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