Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:45:28 -0400 From: "Cribbins, Jason" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Newbies web page [was: -newbies] Message-ID: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E87084645FF@fdntx001>
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I may be mistaken but I believe about 2 years ago you were the one who replied to a question I posted to -questions and told me that my question was of a beginner question which should be posted to -newbies. You stated -questions was for experienced users with very technical questions (not exact quote...was long time ago but that's what I took from the message). What exactly is the purpose of -newbies then. Is it different then it was back when I started out? or is it the same and I was misdirected/misunderstood the list usage. For the Record: My question was about hardware compatibility with FreeBSD 2.2.5. The question was never answered in -questions because it seemed -newbies was brand new and they wanted everyone to get everyone in the habit of using -newbies for such questions. -newbies offered answers to my questions although it wasn't what I wanted to hear. I have been away from FreeBSD until 3.3 when I bought a CDROM then never it. Recently I installed 4.0 from FTP and am currently playing with 4.1 and 4.1.1 to get the computability I need. I have less than 6 months of composite experience using this or any Unix like system over that time so I do consider myself a "new user" but no longer an "extreme beginner." -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sue Blake Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 1:41 PM To: Rick Hamell Cc: Joe Warner; freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Newbies web page [was: -newbies] (First, I'd like to request that freebsd-chat be removed from the headers of replies. This is a freebsd-newbies discussion, and newbies might not realise that posting to several lists at once is generally discouraged. FreeBSD-chat is mostly for non-FreeBSD chat that spills over from the technical lists where it becomes off topic there.) On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 07:52:00AM +0000, Rick Hamell wrote: > > (and someone else wrote...) > > > Maybe it would help if Sue's "FreeBSD Newbies First Aid Kit" was > > posted more often? When you join -newbies you get a brief run-down, and then the FAK is posted once a week. What do you want, daily? > Yes, we also should try to get the -newbies Web Page updated... > http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies. All you need to do is send me ideas for change, and it'll be done. I've mentioned this to newbies over and over. Nobody has ever done so!! We do need to have a central starting point for newbies on the FreeBSD web site. While I've received many notes of appreciation, the support for this, in terms of contributions suggestions or ideas, has been consistently underwhelming. You guys have to learn that you are not consumers. You get what you want by collaborating on it and then getting up and _doing_ it, or at least helping out those who are already doing stuff. This is the real world. You don't have no Mummy round no more. Live with it. Learn to thrive on it. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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