From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Oct 16 1:34:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.tbv.se (smtp2.tbv.se [193.15.92.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F00037B66C for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 01:34:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by smtp2.tbv.se (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA91242; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:34:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from james.wilde@tbv.se) Received: from UNKNOWN(193.15.92.37), claiming to be "tbvhks12" via SMTP by smtp2.tbv.se, id smtpde91240; Mon Oct 16 10:34:28 2000 From: "James A Wilde" To: , Subject: RE: Another one... Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:37:05 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Westoned420@aol.com > > > Hey, Sounds like you are Swedish! > > I am a 17 High School and a FreeBSD newbie. I am very > interested in the > OS and many of it's applications. I am obviously new to the > environment and > need help with some things. Welcome, Weston. Read Sue Blake's First Aid Kit which appears in this list about once a week for hints on how to use this and other FreeBSD lists. It is available on-line but I don't have the URL handy. Another good page is: http://www.se.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html ... and Rick Hamell will be along soon to give you the URL of his newbie site which I have at home. And you'll quickly find lots more. Read Greg Lehey's introduction to how to ask and answer questions which pops up from time to time in here or in -questions and - I think - is available from the newbie page mentioned above. Don't be afraid to ask all your technical questions in the -questions mailing list (and not in here) for a very good reason which I only learnt this weekend. Everyone is very tolerant in that list even though some of the answers you will get are what I call poetic - in other words VERY concise and concentrated information. Questions in here should be of the 'any recommendations for a good window manager' type rather than 'how do I fix the shooblink so that my wangledodger displays a green background' > I would also like to get involved with any > FreeBSD/UNIX projects and would love to get some useful feedback... Stick around a while and find the level of competence you feel comfortable with and something will suggest itself. A good beginning is lurking in -questions and answering the ones you can, cos there are always people who know less than you do about something. Once again, welcome. Have fun. mvh/regards James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message