I don't know, maybe it's a matter of uses and costumes but... I wonder why people would need printed manuals to actually read them.
Yes, I know the convenience of having them printed but... not reading them in the first (or second) step because it's not on paper? :-X You can't efficiently search a text or pattern inside document on paper ... And new users that can't install OpenBSD is the worst of all (well, except for people asking how to install bash!). Back in 1998 we didn't have such an extraordinary installation guide (FAQ4) as it is today and we did perfectly well just reading the STEP BY STEP instructions in the screen. Yes... READING. That's what new users seem to lack: the will to read. I see a pattern here: Windows users trying OpenBSD. Nowadays many users have changed their Windows desktops for Linux desktops but they are still "Windows users" with a new shell. It's just too easy to download & burn an ISO, boot your PC and click Next Next Next ... why would they care reading intructions on screen? let alone man pages or the FAQ. There is the root of all the newbie problems. On 5/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because many people don't realize that while OpenBSD is a Unix-ish > Operating System, it's meant to be taken as a whole, and reading > documentation isn't something many people do as a first (or even second) > step. > > The fact that for many things in the computer world, you can't even GET > a printed manual, pushes documentation down the list of things to check. > > ~Donald > > > Maybe I'm missing something, but why would you want to mix versions like > > this? If you have 3.7, that means you must have 3.7 packages and modules > > available; why not just use what you have? > > > > PG > > -- Gerardo Santana Gsmez Garrido http://www.openbsd.org.mx/~santana/ "Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz" -Don Benito Juarez
