From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jun 23 11:32:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07380 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:32:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamma.aei.ca (root@gamma.aei.ca [206.123.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07280 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:31:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malartre@aei.ca) Received: from aei.ca (aeiusrF-32.aei.ca [206.186.205.32]) by gamma.aei.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA10439; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:31:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <358FF42E.EFCA75C1@aei.ca> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:30:06 -0400 From: Malartre X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lanny Baron CC: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Lists, newbies & support References: <358F01AB.1BED3257@aei.ca> <358FECEA.B579208C@shaw.wave.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Lanny Baron wrote: > > Malartre wrote: > > > arthur wrote: > > > > > It will continue to be a "techie" OS that is slow > > > > growing and will probably never really catch on. I am beginning to think > > > > that this is exactly what most of the "elders" at FreeBSD really want. They > > > > are probably already overworked and simply don't have a lot of time for > > > > truly newbie questions. > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > I have used FreeBSD since the 1.1.5 version. The following only applies to > me. As much as I really Love FreeBSD, it is a very techie OS. I have had a LOT of > help from people such as Jordan Hubbard and Greg Lehey. The biggest problem that I > face is a lack of understanding of the basics. The other big problem is that once > the system is started, I want to do 50 things at once. That for sure is no help in > learning the intricacies of FreeBSD. > > As far as help is concerned. It is assumed that any user to FreeBSD will > take the time to read the appropriate MAN page for his/her problem. Sometimes I > find that the man page is very technical in nature and implies you know quite a bit > already. I am NOT knocking our MAN pages. I have been told on some IRC channels > that our (FreeBSD's) MAN pages are excellent compared to some other variant > UNIX os's. > > And on the topic of help, there is a channel on the efnet (IRC) called #freebsd > which I regularly frequent (and frequently get banned). I have received excellent > help from some of the users there. I must mention Genesys, as he telneted to my pc > and fixed a few things. Now I would like to see Microsoft do that. As we all know > that is not going to happen. Albeit #freebsd is not the official help center for > FreeBSD users. But it is a great place to learn a few things. > > The other problem is that of the case of the person who has ants in his pants > and can't sit and learn well. That case is mine. Its called attention deficit > disorder. > > Nonetheless, FreeBSD will grow when it can do a larger marketing concept. But > then that costs big bucks....anyone want to pitch in? > > FreeBSD is a marvelous creation. It causes one to actually use the greatest > gift we all have.....our brain (although some like mine are a little dysfunctional) > > Cheers... > Lanny Hey, my brain to is disfunctionnal and I have ants in pants. Some time I think it's mouse who are in my pants! ;-) Malartre -- -------------------------------------- malartre@aei.ca ICQ #4224434 www.aei.ca/~malartre/ FreeBSD-2.2.6 -------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message