From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Aug 28 08:08:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA28120 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:08:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from armstrong-bh.armstrong.com (armstrong-bh.armstrong.com [198.76.107.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA28045 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:08:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Edmund_L_Mulligan@armstrong.com) From: Edmund_L_Mulligan@armstrong.com Received: (from uucp@localhost) by armstrong-bh.armstrong.com (8.8.8/8.6.11) id LAA24407 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:07:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailex01.armstrong.com(172.16.23.51) by armstrong-bh.armstrong.com via smap (4.1) id xmad24281; Fri, 28 Aug 98 11:06:28 -0400 Received: by mailex01.Armstrong.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) id 8525666E.00536E80 ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:11:17 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ARMSTRONG To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <8625666E.004D0F53.00@mailex01.Armstrong.com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:46:26 -0500 Subject: Re: my list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Because some things are different between Unix variants, some things are the same. Picking up FreeBSD from scratch, newbies don't know which things are common and which are not. Of course they're going to ask here (Free BSD lists) first. As I said, there are a bunch of newbies that are also looking for the basic Unix help. To make any gains in the user base, this has got to be easier to get into at the bottom, not as a Unix user switching flavors. Ed Just MHO, not Armstrong. From: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk on 08/27/98 08:15 PM CET To: gekk0@usa.net, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG cc: (bcc: Edmund L Mulligan/Stillwater/FPO/Armstrong) Subject: Re: my list Why is "How do I delete a file?" a FreeBSD question? It's a Unix question, and there are a plethora of Unix resources out there that answer these sorts of questions (see Sue's weekly FAK, or ). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message