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Which is the problem with Linux as a whole for me. WiFi configuration is a particular problem where everything has awful documentation so when you need to set
by thirdsight 13y ago
Which is the problem with Linux as a whole for me.
WiFi configuration is a particular problem where everything has awful documentation so when you need to set up your WiFi without NetworkManager or some other behemoth, much eye poking and googling on other devices is required.
FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD: man ifconfig (and dmesg)
As a rule, and this happened to me more than once, you might need to configure your network connection without the aid of Google and online documentation. Either that or you're stuck on a train in the middle of nowhere with no WiFi and no 3G and you want to read the docs.
- teddyh 13y agoThe official documentation is available on the link I gave, but it should also be available in the Info format on your local drive. I find it much easier to search Info documents for something than grepping compressed man pages.
- thirdsight 13y agoInfo is horrible. Case in point: Awk manpage: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awk http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awk Gawk info (in html): http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html Both fully describe the capabilities of the software without resorting to compressing it. Elegance in simplicity.
- teddyh 13y agoI disagree; In general, I prefer Info. I would explain why, but that would be repeating myself; I instead refer to my previous post on this very topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6656656 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6656656
- thirdsight 13y agoI think it's funny that someone else picked exactly the same example however I respect your opinion on the subject.