Subject: Re: Another Manual ???
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Emre <emre@iris.vsrc.uab.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/20/2000 16:39:14
Hi,

I'm not here to start a OS or flame war but...

NetBSD would be way easier to install (or maintain) if it had man pages like OpenBSD
and a FAQ similar to the FReeBSD Handbook.  I'm actually quite surprised that the FAQ
is so raw, for a O/S that runs on over a dozen architectures.  Of course one can't
expect good documentation and "newbie support" from a free volunteer project, but it
would really increase the userbase for NetBSD.  I mean, look at it this way... Why is
Linux so popular? It's the users.  More users, more developement (more cluebies too)

I've been using the BSD's for a while now, and I am very pleased with the performance
of all of them, though I think each one could profit from the other.

Maybe you guys should form a seperate "FAQ team" (or if there already is one, extend
it) that maintains the FAQs and makes it easier for the newbies.....

Cheerz,

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Emre Yildirim
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