From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 00:00:27 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2956916A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:00:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5031B43D31 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:00:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james.cook@utoronto.ca) Received: from angel.falsifian.afraid.org ([65.94.59.134]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <20050417000025.BYAN26102.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@angel.falsifian.afraid.org>; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:00:25 -0400 Received: by angel.falsifian.afraid.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:00:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:00:25 -0400 From: James Alexander Cook To: Brian Kinsey Message-ID: <20050417000025.GA94209@angel.falsifian.afraid.org> References: <20050416233034.VWNP2063.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@VAIO> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050416233034.VWNP2063.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@VAIO> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no freebsd-beginners list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:00:27 -0000 On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 07:30:17PM -0400, Brian Kinsey wrote: > I went to sign up for the freebsd beginners list and got a response that the > list was closed and I should use freebsd-questions instead. It seems to me > that a newbie list would be beneficial to many of us. I see a lot of very > technical questions here and feel that my newbie questions would not be > appreciated, especially since I have not read through the entire handbook > yet (yes, I'm working on it and I do try to use it to answer my own > questions before I post). There is already enough traffic here (I know, my > little rant here doesn't help with that) and I personally think that a list > with newbs helping other newbs and maybe a few of you more advanced people > popping in from time to time to share some tips would make things a bit > easier for some of us to learn. At least then I would be apt to ask more > questions and not be afraid to get a RTFM from the more advanced users. Then > I could also feel that I've made some accomplishment when the newbie list no > longer meets my needs and I can move up to freebsd-questions. Is there > somewhere else I should go, or is this the appropriate place for me? Does it > annoy you guys that have been using FreeBSD for a while to get my newbie > questions taking up room in your mailboxes? > > > > On a side note, I do appreciate that I have not seen as many RTFM replies > here as I saw on the Linux boards when I was trying to learn Linux :-) How about freebsd-newbies? - James Cook james.cook@utoronto.ca