From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Mar 22 16:14:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03361 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:14:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from trojan.troyst.edu (trojan.troyst.edu [198.179.130.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA03343 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:14:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjadcock@trojan.troyst.edu) Received: from [198.179.130.6] by trojan.troyst.edu (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA13110; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:12:22 -0600 Received: by bite-me with Microsoft Mail id <01BD55BE.50DAB6A0@bite-me>; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:14:12 -0600 Message-Id: <01BD55BE.50DAB6A0@bite-me> From: Matthew Adcock To: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: "The Project" Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 17:56:54 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id QAA03349 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org BJ, I've written newspaper columns (political and computer), videos, news for broadcast and print, and even a few technical manuals. I firmly believe we need to get this project off the ground. I've been using FreeBSD for about a month now and have encountered many problems with little or no documentation to help. What I've learned has been primarily by trial and error (and *many* hours of kernel recompiles). The web offers little help and Lehey's book is extremely incomplete. I think our first goal should be step-by-step instructions on how to do things basic to computer operation. For example: installing packages, setting up devices, and setting up Internet access. Your access to a server will be a great help. I don't think we should even consider hard copy. The only way to stay current is by publishing electronically. Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message