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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] Message-ID: <CzF832.Apo@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (System Operator) Organization: Internet Direct, indirect.com Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 16:49:50 GMT References: <3a9205$bqj@mall.sinica.edu.tw> <BENJY.94Nov15074901@blackjack.ai.mit.edu> <CzCu2I.7LL@luva.lb.bawue.de> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 20 In article <BENJY.94Nov15074901@blackjack.ai.mit.edu>, Benjamin B. Thomas <benjy@ai.mit.edu> wrote: > [...] > My suggestions for improving BSD's user base: > 4) Get some spiffy postscript documentation. Michael Giegerich (migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de) wrote: : There are already very good books about *BSD (4.4BSD documentation : by O'Reilly and 4.3BSD UNIX OS by Leffler e.a.). : : One [Free|Net|386]BSD specific book would be a nice thing... : Could we do this as a common effort? I'll typeset the monster into postscript if anyone is interested. I love good books, and have always wanted to design a book. I even re- typeset the monthly FAQ before hadning it out to newbies interested in FreeBSD! Weird, huh? ;^) Wes Peters