Re: BSD handbook - was Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood
- From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 11:11:11 -0400
If you count folks like Yahoo as hobbyists.
Well, the thing about FBSD is that it's users are pretty much all
hobbyists, so the length of a manual is a good thing. If Debian had
documentation of equal or greater length I can only see that as a
strength, not a weakness.
Last time I looked, the FreeBSD community was heavier on academics and IT professionals than hobbyists. For that matter, if you look at the latest Netcraft survey of most reliable hosting sites (http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2009/04/01/most_reliable_hosting_company_sites_in_march_2009.html) - you'll see an awful lot of FreeBSD as well.
Unless you've used a Mac recently - most of it's userland code comes from BSD.
I haven't used BSD for about 30 years, now, and a good reference book, that is comprehensive, is a good incentive to have another go with it.
Miles Fidelman
note: I should mention that I run Debian on my servers - I'd be hard-pressed to find a more convenient packaging system. But I have a lot of respect for the BSD world.
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