Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 23:45:34 -0500 From: Photon Blizzard <photon@ionet.net> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Why the list then? Message-ID: <37E318EE.75F915AF@ionet.net>
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Sue Blake wrote: > FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid Kit > > (This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list. > It is also available at http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/) > > FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG is the place to send all questions about > installing, configuring, running and using FreeBSD. All help requests > are handled by FreeBSD-Questions, including newbies questions. > > FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for help or answer how-to > questions. It is a discussion forum for newbies. *Stuff deleted* Greetings Sue! Heck, I'm surprised it took you so long to post the list's charter considering the recent activity! :-) And to try to remain on-topic, I would like to say that I think the BSD news on the website has a really cute gif of 'Beastie' or 'Chuck' or whatever with the Daemons little tennis shoed foot up on the table suckin' on a Pepsi Cola or whatever. They've got a lotta' really swell T-Shirts and other nifty stuff at 'www.freebsd.mall' too! I even have my very own FreeBSD T-Shirt! Cool, huh! Okay, now the real deal. I understand that this is not a technical list, that it is not intended for installation issues, that these questions should be posted to questions, or whatever appropriate list. If the previous paragraph does not appeal to anyone, (even you..), then just kill the list or change the lists charter. 'Questions' is the last list that a brand new BSD user will get an answer from, and apparently, even asking questions from this list will get mostly negative 'I am Super Geek! No Stupidity Tolerated' results. And I have a confession to make, I am currently running Linux. EEEKKK!!!! :-) For general 'Defeat the evil Bill Gates' OS it is much easier for 'userland' apps than anything else. (Not that near-do-well evil clone RedHat, but Slackware). On this same machine I have Virus 95', (primarily for printing), Slackware Linux 4.0 and FreeBSD 2.8.8. If I want to play in userland, I use Linux, if I wan't to have a solid net connection with the 7 machines on my net here at home I use FreeBSD. It is undeniably the best beast for solid networking. :-) Since 1983 or so, I've run MicroPort Unix, SCO Xenix, ISC SVR3, yada, yada, yada. And I wouldn't know a line of 'C' code if it bit me on the leg! I'm a hobbyist. The first machine I ran an X-Nix OS on was a Sanyo 8086 system that shipped by default with CP/M. (Crashed every 30 seconds or so...) :-) Okay... Ain't I neat mode disengaged. Point is, where the heck can a "Newbie" go to get very basic install help for FreeBSD? I am not trying to be negative, but this list seems to attract newbies wanting to ask newbie questions, but the questions are technically outside the lists charter. So why is it here? Be well, and much happiness! Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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