From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 5 18:18:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA25958 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:18:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA25946 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:17:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA20435; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 10:47:27 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA29847; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 10:47:04 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981006104704.Y27781@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 10:47:04 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Steven Walker , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie References: <3.0.5.32.19981005225734.009a5780@sar.anit.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981005225734.009a5780@sar.anit.es>; from Steven Walker on Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 10:57:34PM +0200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 5 October 1998 at 22:57:34 +0200, Steven Walker wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have installed FreeBSB 2.2.7 (eventually) and it is up and running. I > am not sure what I am doing as this is my first look at a Unix OS. I have > looked at a number of NGs and have watched this one for a little while. > > To be honest I rarely understand the questions let alone the answers. It > is all too advanced for me. Sometimes beginners are not treated too > sympathetically. I understand that you do not want to waste time > repeating the "obvious" or elementary. > > Can anyone tell me (and many others who seem to be in a similar position) > where we may go for help on more elementary problems. This is pretty much exactly what FreeBSD-newbies is for. To sign up, send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with the single line message subscribe FreeBSD-newbies You don't need a Subject: line Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message