Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 12:35:44 +1000 From: "Young" <young@richardson.apana.org.au> To: "Jeff Baker" <Jeff.Baker@ACADHOTLINE.net.au> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: adopt a newbie program - Thanks Message-ID: <01d601bef0fe$08ad7f20$857e03cb@jdy>
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>Many thanks to all for offers of assistance. >I'll hang in there (I am making progress slowly). >I just wanted to make some comments re ML's post that this unix setup >is not easy for a new user, and asking questions is not easy when you have >no idea what to ask!. Hear Hear !!!!!! >Easy to follow docs are required and would be worth writing buy someone with >experience. I agree in principle, but not in practice .... the experts regard so much stuff that causes newbies untold grief as too trivial to even mention. I'm not suggesting it any way that its intentional, but there are countless things that an experienced unix user takes for granted assuming EVERONE knows basic stuff as well as they (the experts) do. A common issue here is the MAN's & HOWTO's .... which may well be a valuable reference tool if one knows a bit, but to a newbie looking for a simple command its totally frustrating having to wade through a list of 345, 347,237 switches (of which maybe 2 apply in 99% of instances) and maybe 443 lines to find the ONE you need. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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