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From: Jason Garman <garman@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD
Date: 16 Sep 1995 04:05:34 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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peterb@blindman.lm.com (Peter Berger) wrote:
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>In article <41vkbl$bkq@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:
>>Since the Linux system is free,
>>it seems to me pretty obvious that
>>the documentation that comes with it is also free.
>>
>>I looked for, but did not find, corresponding documentation
>>at the FreeBSD archive site.
>>
>>I think FreeBSD documentation could be improved.
>>If you think it is fine that is your privilege.
>>I've really nothing more to say on the subject.
>
>I think your attitude could be improved.
>
>I've run both Linux and FreeBSD.
>
>The FreeBSD documentation, as has been said at LEAST 5 times now, is
>in /usr/share/doc. In other words:
>
>to get the Linux documentation, you need a net connection.
Not true; /usr/doc/ has lots of faqs if you installed the f package...
>thoroughly weird file hierarchy
FSSTND is standardising the fs hiearchy... most distributions follow this;
besides the file locations aren't _that_ different than BSD.
>Lastly, many of the Linux Documentation Project's manuals are
>inadequate, contain erroneous information, or confuse the reader to a
>point that they are worse off than when they started
Some are, some aren't... they are truly 'works in progress,' although the one
LDP manual that i have -- the "Network Administrators Guide" is well written
and has even been published by O'Rielly.
Enjoy,
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