From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 11 15:48:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA21007 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 15:48:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from papaya.mail.easynet.net (papaya.mail.easynet.net [195.40.1.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA20866 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 15:47:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@boothman.easynet.co.uk) Received: (qmail 22745 invoked from network); 11 Jun 1998 22:47:44 -0000 Received: from boothman.easynet.co.uk (194.154.100.117) by papaya.mail.easynet.net with SMTP; 11 Jun 1998 22:47:44 -0000 Received: by Boothman.easynet.co.uk (VPOP3 - Unregistered) with SMTP; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:46:58 +0100 Message-ID: <35805E62.79623E1F@boothman.easynet.co.uk> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:46:58 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sue Blake CC: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KDE [was: Where's X go?] References: <19980611185942.19282@welearn.com.au> <35802F1C.924D0F99@boothman.easynet.co.uk> <19980612074319.25355@welearn.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: VPOP3 V1.2.0c Unregistered Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sue Blake wrote: > > > > That's what I picked up from > > freebsd-newbies/freebsd-stable/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > > You don't read freebsd-questions, but you read freebsd-stable? > That's an unusual choice. > You're right it is kinda weird. It all stemmed from the fact that I knew that freebsd-questions is a very high volume mailing list, and I'm on the end of a very slow connection which already carries a lot of mail. I was trying to find a list which had an 'intermediate' volume, I know that this isn't what -stable was intended for, but I subscribed before I really understood the mailing list system. I'll subscribe to -questions tonight. > > > > In my opinion all this reading has got me far better prepared then any > > FAQ or handbook. There is a better way then learning by making mistakes, > > and that's learning from other people's mistakes! :-) > > Hmmm, you might have made your first two learning mistakes already if you > have avoided the FAQ and Handbook, and if you have chosen not to read > freebsd-questions. > I didn't avoid the Handbook or FAQ at all! I just forgot to mention them! :-) I downloaded them and devoted a considerable amount of time to looking through them, and I still refer to them when I get lost in a conversation on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > You don't need to read freebsd-stable unless you are going to follow that > branch, which is not the appropriate way to go for most people, > especially newbies. What you read there will not apply to the current > RELEASE version. The Handbook explains the differences. > Agreed. I just didn't understand this when I subscribed. > > Regards, > -*Sue*- Thanks again Sue, for clearing up some of the freebsd-gray areas. (joke!) -- Andrew Boothman : andrew@boothman.easynet.co.uk (http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~boothman/andrew/) "Do geography teachers eat Water Table biscuits?" - Me To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message