Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:36:22 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40985 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects Message-ID: <201302161636.r1GGaMOI055230@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sat Feb 16 16:36:22 2013 New Revision: 40985 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40985 Log: Remove ancient things. Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml Sat Feb 16 16:36:19 2013 (r40984) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml Sat Feb 16 16:36:22 2013 (r40985) @@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ <a href="http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html">ppp page</a> for links to the other valuable information and the latest updates.</p></li> - <li><p><a name="cfbsd" href="http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/">The - Complete &os;</a> by Greg Lehey, published by O'Reilly. - This book assumes minimal UNIX experience and takes the - beginner step by step through each stage from installation to - everything you need to know to set up and run a &os; system. You - also get to understand what you are doing and why.</p></li> - <li><p>The <a href="&url.books;/handbook/index.html">&os; Handbook</a> and <a href="&url.books;/faq/index.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a> are the main documents for &os;. Essential reading, they contain a lot of @@ -102,12 +95,6 @@ answers via the <a href="&base;/search/search.html#mailinglists">search</a> page.</p></li> - <li><p>The main newsgroup for &os; is <a - href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</a>. - You might want to keep an eye on <a - href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a> - as well.</p></li> - <li><p><a href="&cgibase;/man.cgi">Manual pages</a> are good for reference but not always the best introduction for a novice. The more you work with man pages @@ -156,12 +143,6 @@ Pretty soon you will want to move on to a book that gives more coverage.</p></li> - <li><p>One book mentioned frequently by newbies is <a name="ufti"><em>UNIX for - the Impatient</em></a> by Paul W. Abrahams and Bruce R. Larson, published - by Addison-Wesley. It is intended both as a book for learning UNIX - and a reference, and includes an introduction to UNIX concepts and - handy chapter on using the X Window System.</p></li> - <li><p>Another popular book is <em>UNIX Power Tools</em> by Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides, published by O'Reilly and Associates. It is organized as a series of short articles each of @@ -189,25 +170,11 @@ HTML at a mirror site near you, or can be installed on your own system.</p></li> - <li><p>UNIX questions are dealt with in the newsgroup <a - href="news:comp.unix.questions">comp.unix.questions</a> and the - associated - <a href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/unix-faq/faq/">FAQ</a>; - from the RMIT FTP site. Newbies are likely to be most interested in - sections 1 and 2 initially.</p></li> - - <li><p>Another interesting newsgroup is <a - href="news:comp.unix.user-friendly">comp.unix.user-friendly</a>. - Although this newsgroup is for discussing user-friendliness, it can - contain some good information for newbies. The <a - href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/unix-faq/user-friendly">FAQ</a>; - is also available by FTP.</p></li> - <li><p>Many other web sites hold lists of UNIX tutorials and reference - material. One of the best places to start looking is the UNIX page - at <a - href="http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Operating_Systems/Unix/">Yahoo!</a>.</p></li>; - + material. One of the best places to start looking is the + little known search engine <a + href="https://google.com">Google</a>.</p>; + </li> </ul> <h2><a name="xwin">Learning about the X Window System</a></h2> @@ -220,13 +187,6 @@ more likely to be difficult for newcomers to digest.</p> <ul> - <li><p>For basic information about installing, configuring and using the - X Window System, three of the books mentioned above have sections - dealing with X at beginner level: - <a href="&url.books;/handbook/x11.html">The X Window System</a> chapter - of the &os; Handbook, <a href="#cfbsd">The Complete &os;</a>, - and <a href="#ufti">UNIX for the Impatient</a>.</p></li> - <li><p>Before you can get X running exactly the way you like, you will need to choose a window manager. Visit the <a href="http://xwinman.org/">Window Managers for X</a>
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