From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 02:52:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48D66106564A for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:52:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) Received: from iron1.sfsu.edu (iron1.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09AE98FC2E for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) X-onepass: IPPSC X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAHKo6keC1Apk/2dsb2JhbACrSA Received: from smtp01.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.100]) by iron1.sfsu.edu with ESMTP; 26 Mar 2008 19:52:09 -0700 Received: from libra.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.238]) by mail05a.sfsu.edu (Lotus Domino Release 7.0.3HF378) with ESMTP id 2008032619520829-269 ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:52:08 -0700 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:52:08 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080326183554.3f5f43b1.skeptikos@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080326183554.3f5f43b1.skeptikos@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on MAIL05a/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF378 | February 28, 2008) at 03/26/2008 19:52:08, Serialize by Router on SMTP01/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF378 | February 28, 2008) at 03/26/2008 19:52:09, Serialize complete at 03/26/2008 19:52:09 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:52:10 -0000 On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, christopher wrote: >> Where would be the right place to go looking to >> subscribe to a newbie level user-support list? >> Perhaps rephrased 'complete newbie user support list' >> ... LOL I just felt like chiming in. It has seemed to me that freebsd-hacker is a nice intermediate list. Less volume, and wtf does 'hacker' mean? in other words, it seems open to wide variety of questionings. I have been running freeBSD for only a few years myself, and I still need to muster up more courage for kernel builds and cvsup, but I am feeling that I am making progress. To tell the truth, I wouldn't mind someone else chiming in on their understanding about what "freebsd-hacker" is for. >> >> I'm only like 9+ months into Linux [Ubuntu >> desktop/server installs v.6.06.1 LTS], though with 12+ >> years on Windows before that {cough}. Only just >> finding my way around with CLI, etc, etc. >> >> Nevertheless, I wish to try to install and configure >> FreeBSD as a firewall and I am currently based in the >> South of England, should that be relevant to any >> response. Any/all pointers much appreciated!! >> >> The only 'official' list seems to be this: >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> But it starts off with the rather intimidating phrase >> "You should not send "how to" questions to the >> technical lists unless you consider the question to be >> pretty technical." >> >> Obviously all my questions are going to be pretty >> stupid, 'How-To' type questions, try though I might to >> get up to speed, I fear it's going to be some time >> indeed before I will graduate out of the stupid newbie >> type questions! Is there anything out there in the >> FreeBSD world that might be of help to me, or is it >> RTFM all the way?! {not as bad as it sounded >> initially, as I hear BSD is well documented?!}... >> >> Anyway - any pointers to something more at my level >> appreciated, if there is anything in existence. I do >> appreciate I'm most likely asking my first stupid >> question to any FreeBSD list. Doesn't seem like an OS >> people arrive at without first being a bit of an >> expert, which I am patently, not! >> >> TIA for any (polite) response at all! >> >> PP >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- > christopher > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*