August 2002 Daemon News Ezine Published

questionlp writes "The August 2002 Ezine has been published and is packed with articles and columns with topics ranging from behind-the-scenes look at VicFUG 2002, a report on the recent O'Reilly OSCON, one's adventure through Unix starting from Linux to FreeBSD, a HOWTO on backing up FreeBSD with tar and SMBFS, plus a look at some of the most popular web browsers (most of which are available in the BSD Ports collection)."

Comments

Here's a little tip

[ObviousGuy]

Don't point your readers to newsletters. Find the interesting articles and point to that.

Thank you.

Re:Here's a little tip

[ObviousGuy]

Please.

It is obvious what Slashdot ought to post. News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters. It's written right up there at the top of the page.

Let's assume that a news item only has to meet one of those criteria to be worthy of posting. In that case, we can see how Star Wars Ep. 3 trailers would be posted; it is News for Nerds. And we can see how 9/11 coverage would be posted; it is Stuff that Matters. It is difficult to see how a newsletter that people are already subscribed to would fall under either of those categories.

If all it takes to make something Slashdot Frontpage-worthy is an editor's opinion, then maybe you can be satisfied. Take a look at the other stories currently on the front page. They are all easily classifiable under News For Nerds. Then look at this story. It is a piece of crap. Not because the newsletter isn't interesting, but because it isn't news and it doesn't matter.

Re:Here's a little tip

[LiquidPC]

It's released every month, and has plenty of interesting information. That's news. And it's for nerds. So, it fits the motto. If you don'twant it on the main page: FILTER IT OUT. Simple concept.