Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 11:53:55 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: FreeBSD-newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Newbie packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010291143210.5352-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <39FDC7EB.725FA054@acuson.com>
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> > This could be a dificult list to construct. There will be several > > opinions on what is best to do. Give newbies a REAL TE like VI or Emacs > > (abid not easy to learn, but very effective) Or do we give them "training > > wheels" like PICO or JED to start with and hope they outgrow it... > > This is the big question, and I don't have an answer. We can tell the > newbie to learn vi, but if they "fall and skin their knees", they may go > back to Windows. Easy... break it up into two or more lists. Each list builds upon the next, so Pico could be on the first list, then VI on the second. Apache and Sendmail up on the third. If each program had a tutorial link on it, that would be even better. :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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