From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 26 20:31:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D7037B401 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:31:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E78EF43F75 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:31:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@welearn.com.au) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h3R3VBgH089619 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:31:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h3R3VB8L089618 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:31:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:31:11 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030427133111.B70648@welearn.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Sue Blake , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-PGP-Fingerprint: E9A3 7B97 C563 DBB1 979E BC04 D2A2 9DA3 1274 7885 Subject: We love to gloat X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 03:31:19 -0000 Let me put your minds at rest folks: Gloating is encouraged here. The recent threads about achievements setting up FreeBSD and infiltrating educational organisations and workplaces as a newbie are among the most ON topic posts we've seen here for ages. So long as it doesn't descend into flames or criticism of other systems, every newbie is very welcome to discuss their achievements and setbacks here. That includes any essentially related non-BSD matter, such as techniques for removing keyboard impressions from the forehead, the amount of coffee consumed, or the other-people factors involved. Everyone likes to know they're not alone in this. I'm tickled pink that I've finally had the courage to set up opie(4) after all these years, but I can't gloat here because I'm an oldie. (Oops :-) If I were a newbie, I wouldn't tell you how to do it but I might tell you how I _learned_ how to do it, which was by reading the tutorial at http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/02/06/FreeBSD_Basics.html and then asking freebsd-questions about the parts that confused me. So, who else out there is a hero? -- Regards, -*Sue*-