Thanks peter will read through it. Zach
<>< http://www.fidei.org ><> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net> wrote: > Zachary Uram <net...@gmail.com> writes: > >> As a long time Linux user I will soon try out OpenBSD, I have been >> reading the list emails and contacted 1 OpenBSD top person who was >> very rude. There is some of the "RTFM" or "get lost" attitude in >> Linux, but if a questioner seems sincere there is usually a certain >> level of friendliness in Linux community towards them. Just what I >> have briefly observed the OpenBSD community is more abrupt and less >> interested in helping newbies, they prefer one find the answer solely >> on their own if possible. I must say I detect a certain attitude that >> smacks of superiority and even condescension at times. Is this a fair >> assessment of 6the OpenBSD culture? > > Funny you should ask. B http://www.openbsd.org/papers/opencon06-culture.pdf > is one developer's take on the culture of the project (a nice talk as > I remember it). > > But then again, what usually comes as a surprise to people who are > used to Linux (or in fact most other systems) is that you're rarely > left to "find the answer solely on your own" because here > documentation actually exists and is generally quite usable. B So > essentially answers consisting of 'RTFM' or man page references are a > lot more useful in an OpenBSD context than a newcomer might think. > > While you're still preparing to try out the system, you could usefully > browse the web site. B It contains a FAQ that has what most people > would expect from a user manual, very much worth reading in full a few > times because that actually helps newcomers a lot (and occasionally us > greybacks), and the actual man pages are there too, searchable via a > web interface. > > Once you've installed the system, > > $ apropos keyword > > will actually yield useful results. > > Then again, we've seen time and again that people who expect OpenBSD > users to be thoroughly unpleasant have found ways to get their > expecations fulfilled too. B It's even possible some have a special > knack for just that. ;P > > -- > Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team > http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/ > "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" > delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds.
