From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jul 7 10:06:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29398 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:06:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from papaya.mail.easynet.net (papaya.mail.easynet.net [195.40.1.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA29369 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:06:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@boothman.easynet.co.uk) Received: (qmail 27187 invoked from network); 7 Jul 1998 17:06:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Boothman.easynet.co.uk) (194.154.100.117) by papaya.mail.easynet.net with SMTP; 7 Jul 1998 17:06:10 -0000 Received: by Boothman.easynet.co.uk (VPOP3 - Unregistered) with SMTP; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:23:01 +0100 Message-ID: <35A22A82.AB4C4F85@boothman.easynet.co.uk> Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 15:02:42 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Newbies Discussion List Subject: WOW! Passive Learning Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: VPOP3 V1.2.0d Unregistered Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi! Still not got FreeBSD Installed. :-( I'm trying to get the hardware together, it's kind of difficult when your budget doesn't reach 3 figures! :) Anyway, even though I don't even have FreeBSD installed yet, I've been reading freebsd-newbies, -questions, and comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc and I think it's really amazing how much I've learned even though I've never actually had any exposure to the OS. I think that lurking about on the mailing lists and the newsgroups is the best way to prepare yourself for installing FreeBSD. I can actually *understand* most of the messages that fly about on -questions and c.u.b.freebsd.misc, and feel that I could actually answer them sometimes. And I've not even touched a FreeBSD system. Don't get me wrong, I don't consider myself any kind of expert, and I wouldn't answer anything on -questions until I have much more experience. I just think it shows how much someone can learn from just reading forums like -questions, and without even asking anything! I call it Passive Learning. I think I could probably market it on cable TV..... :) -- Andrew Boothman http://www.boothman.easynet.co.uk/andrew/ PGP Key available from public servers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message