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

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:21:58 -0400
Allan Jude <allanjude_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> 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
> 

I guess.  So I won't post further discussion about "Forum vs ML vs ..."
in this thread. (Will pop in again if another thread purely for that is
created. But as Chris noted later, there would be no final consensus.)

Sorry for noise and long delay.

-- 
Tomoaki AOKI    junchoon_at_dec.sakura.ne.jp