From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 15:25:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3118B1065671 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:25:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aw1@stade.co.uk) Received: from v-smtp-auth-relay-2.gradwell.net (v-smtp-auth-relay-2.gradwell.net [79.135.125.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 929C48FC12 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:25:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aw1@stade.co.uk) Received: from 5aca3ca5.bb.sky.com ([90.202.60.165] helo=access2.hanley.stade.co.uk) by v-smtp-auth-relay-2.gradwell.net with esmtp (Gradwell gwh-smtpd 1.288) id 47ea6761.369a.cd3; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:10:25 +0000 (envelope-sender ) Received: from steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (steerpike [192.168.1.10]) by access2.hanley.stade.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2QFALxg034328; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:10:21 GMT (envelope-from aw1@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk) Received: from steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2QFALJr013121; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:10:21 GMT (envelope-from aw1@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk) Received: (from aw1@localhost) by steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m2QFAKSJ013120; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:10:20 GMT (envelope-from aw1) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:10:20 +0000 From: Adrian Wontroba To: Passive PROFITS Message-ID: <20080326151020.GA12981@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Adrian Wontroba , Passive PROFITS , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE Organization: Oh dear, I've joined one again. X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/6396/Wed Mar 26 11:29:12 2008 on access2.hanley.stade.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92/6396/Wed Mar 26 11:29:12 2008 on steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: aw1@stade.co.uk List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:25:15 -0000 On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Passive PROFITS wrote: > The only 'official' list seems to be this: > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > But it starts off with the rather intimidating phrase > "You should not send "how to" questions to the > technical lists unless you consider the question to be > pretty technical." > or is it > RTFM all the way?! {not as bad as it sounded > initially, as I hear BSD is well documented?!}... FreeBSD is very well documented, and perusal of the handbook ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html ), FAQs ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html ), man pages (apropos and man) plus searches of the mailing lists (via the FreeBSD web site and Google) will answer most guestions. Willingless to experiment helps too. When those don't work, ask in -questions, where some helpful experts hang out. -- Adrian Wontroba Disclose classified information only when a NEED TO KNOW exists.