Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

From: Allan Jude <allanjude_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:21:58 -0400
On 2014-10-20 17:15, Chris H wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:32:53 -0400 Mason Loring Bliss <mason_at_blisses.org> wrote
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 02:58:57PM +0900, Tomoaki AOKI wrote:
>>
>>> I think the advantages of the forum are...
>>>
>>>   *Well moderated by moderators and anministrators.
>>>   *Registering email address is needed, but not disclosed by default.
>>
>> The disadvantages of web fora include:
>>
>> * I can't read things in my very efficient email client. Related:
>> * I have to compose my replies in a web browser edit window.
>> * I need to visit periodically and hope that the site makes it possible for
>>   me to attend to unread messages without struggling.
>>
>> I think wikis are useful. I think web fora exist because folks haven't had
>> sufficient exposure to email to make the advantages clear. Not discussed here
>> are newsgroups, which are perhaps ideal for the sorts of topics commonly
>> found on mailing lists, except perhaps that they're not at all centralized.
> 
> This thread reeks of bikeshed.
> There isn't anything wrong with all of the opinions shared in this thread
> except there will surely be no final consensus. :)
> 
> --Chris
>>
>> -- 
>> Mason Loring Bliss   ((  "In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams
>> mason_at_blisses.org     ))  build  their nest  with fragments  dropped
>> http://blisses.org/  ((   from day's caravan." - Rabindranath Tagore
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This thread is supposed to be about how to make it easier for people to
migrate to FreeBSD from Linux. Not a discussion about forums vs mailing
lists vs newsgroups.

-- 
Allan Jude


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