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The man pages on FreeBSD are a lot better than on Linux. And you can read them without network and/or browser.

chungy 6y ago
The Arch Wiki is alright if you run Arch, but I definitely prefer well-written and fully up-to-date manpages from the offset. For starters, it doesn't require me to open a web browser first; it also doesn't depend on me having network connectivity at any particular time. My take is definitely different from GP: I find FreeBSD to have a much better documentation story compared to Linux (even Arch).
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  > The Arch Wiki is alright if you run Arch No, it's pretty broadly useful; I've used it on at least Ubuntu, Fedora, and centos. It helps that Arch is pretty close to upstream, so docs are usually pretty generic. I can't disagree about offline docs and the extraordinary quality of BSD manpages, though:)
  - jhvkjhk 6y ago
    Yeah I see Arch Wiki as Linux Wiki when I’m using Ubuntu.(and Ask Ubuntu as Ask Linux)
  - avhception 6y ago
    I've even used the arch wiki when setting up stuff on FreeBSD, because it covers a whole lot of 3rd party software - some of which runs on FreeBSD as well.
the_only_law 6y ago
A lot better than other BSDs as well (although I much prefer reading the NetBSD code). Admittedly, I can’t speak to how it compares to OpenBSD docs as I’ve never really bothered with OpenBSD DragonflyBSD is cool, but documentation is rough and a lot of it seems to be from old FreeBSD components modified for its speciality. I will say the primary developer is an exceptionally nice person who’s helped me a time or two on the irc.
xyproto 6y ago
You can read the Arch Linux wiki without a network and a graphical browser too, just: pacman -S arch-wiki-docs elinks elinks /usr/share/doc/arch-wiki/html/en/Main_page.html
- 0ld 6y ago
  > without a network > pacman -S arch-wiki-docs elinks does pacman install docs and elinks without network? interesting
  - 002445 6y ago
    I am sure OP meant to run this once when you have an internet connection after which you will be able to view the docs offline.
  - xyproto 6y ago
    I'm sure you understood what I meant, but if you want to be literal, then yes: you can also install packages with pacman while offline, if you have downloaded the packages first. This command downloads the packages without installing them: pacman -Sw elinks arch-wiki-docs
- hgamaral 6y ago
  I wonder why this doesn't work on Manjaro.
  - 002445 6y ago
    Manjaro uses its own repositories (check /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist). I use Manjaro (i3 community edition) and it has served me well but these small annoyances tell me I should invest the time to switch to Arch before I encounter the first mayor annoyance.
  - xyproto 6y ago
    Because Manjaro is a different Linux distribution from Arch Linux, and have a different selection of packages.

The Arch Wiki is alright if you run Arch, but I definitely prefer well-written and fully up-to-date manpages from the offset. For starters, it doesn't require me to open a web browser first; it also doesn't depend on me having network connectivity at any particular time. My take is definitely different from GP: I find FreeBSD to have a much better documentation story compared to Linux (even Arch).

yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
> The Arch Wiki is alright if you run Arch No, it's pretty broadly useful; I've used it on at least Ubuntu, Fedora, and centos. It helps that Arch is pretty close to upstream, so docs are usually pretty generic. I can't disagree about offline docs and the extraordinary quality of BSD manpages, though:)
- jhvkjhk 6y ago
  Yeah I see Arch Wiki as Linux Wiki when I’m using Ubuntu.(and Ask Ubuntu as Ask Linux)
- avhception 6y ago
  I've even used the arch wiki when setting up stuff on FreeBSD, because it covers a whole lot of 3rd party software - some of which runs on FreeBSD as well.

the_only_law 6y ago

A lot better than other BSDs as well (although I much prefer reading the NetBSD code). Admittedly, I can’t speak to how it compares to OpenBSD docs as I’ve never really bothered with OpenBSD DragonflyBSD is cool, but documentation is rough and a lot of it seems to be from old FreeBSD components modified for its speciality. I will say the primary developer is an exceptionally nice person who’s helped me a time or two on the irc.

xyproto 6y ago

You can read the Arch Linux wiki without a network and a graphical browser too, just: pacman -S arch-wiki-docs elinks elinks /usr/share/doc/arch-wiki/html/en/Main_page.html

0ld 6y ago
> without a network > pacman -S arch-wiki-docs elinks does pacman install docs and elinks without network? interesting
- 002445 6y ago
  I am sure OP meant to run this once when you have an internet connection after which you will be able to view the docs offline.
- xyproto 6y ago
  I'm sure you understood what I meant, but if you want to be literal, then yes: you can also install packages with pacman while offline, if you have downloaded the packages first. This command downloads the packages without installing them: pacman -Sw elinks arch-wiki-docs
hgamaral 6y ago
I wonder why this doesn't work on Manjaro.
- 002445 6y ago
  Manjaro uses its own repositories (check /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist). I use Manjaro (i3 community edition) and it has served me well but these small annoyances tell me I should invest the time to switch to Arch before I encounter the first mayor annoyance.
- xyproto 6y ago
  Because Manjaro is a different Linux distribution from Arch Linux, and have a different selection of packages.