Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 01:09:53 -0700 From: Ryan <rd64pro@pacbell.net> To: FreeBSD-Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: no questions? Message-ID: <004501bfe00f$1303a340$e986d4cf@pacbell.net> References: <20000627063745.18078.qmail@hotmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] It's apparent that you're new to the group. I mean no disrespect of course; just that there is a regular posting (once a week? every two weeks? something like that) that describes the ideal use of the 'newbies' list. In fact, 'ideal' isn't exactly the right word. The newbies list is intended especially for newbies (though anyone is welcome, really) not so much as a question/answer environment, but as a means of sharing resources. Since alot of people that are new to FreeBSD are new to any flavor of UNIX (there are quite a few Windows/Linux converts), they are probably also new to the whole documentation fiasco. Since there aren't too many books on FreeBSD out there, and the man pages can melt your brain if you put too much into them, this list should be looked at as more of a 'community' than anything else. Rather than asking for advice/help on a specific problem you're currently experiencing, you might ask where to find a good general introduction to UNIX. In any case, keep your 'questions' open and general. In contrast, you should specific questions to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org . It seems that alot of people are on both lists so it can get confusing and sometimes cumbersome, but as a courtesy to those who aren't on both, please keep the postings on the appropriate list. I hope I haven't put you to sleep yet. Have a good one! You should run into that regular posting I was talking about within the next week or so. Or maybe someone out there would be nice enough to re-post it or forward it to you. <wink, wink, nudge, nudge> Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: Dimitrios T. To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: hamellr@aracnet.com Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 11:37 PM Subject: no questions? Hi, Rick Hamell wrote: >Umm... NO....! This is why questions are not supposed to be asked >on -newbies. I thought -newbies was meant for newbies' questions.. If not, could anyone, explain to little me, what's the purpose of it? thanx, Dimitri ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.3825.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>It's apparent that you're new to the group. I mean no disrespect of course; just that there is a regular posting (once a week? every two weeks? something like that) that describes the ideal use of the 'newbies' list. In fact, 'ideal' isn't exactly the right word. The newbies list is intended especially for newbies (though anyone is welcome, really) not so much as a question/answer environment, but as a means of sharing resources. Since alot of people that are new to FreeBSD are new to any flavor of UNIX (there are quite a few Windows/Linux converts), they are probably also new to the whole documentation fiasco. Since there aren't too many books on FreeBSD out there, and the man pages can melt your brain if you put too much into them, this list should be looked at as more of a 'community' than anything else. Rather than asking for advice/help on a specific problem you're currently experiencing, you might ask where to find a good general introduction to UNIX. In any case, keep your 'questions' open and general. In contrast, you should specific questions to <A href="mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org">freebsd-questions@freebsd.org</A> . It seems that alot of people are on both lists so it can get confusing and sometimes cumbersome, but as a courtesy to those who aren't on both, please keep the postings on the appropriate list. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I hope I haven't put you to sleep yet. Have a good one! You should run into that regular posting I was talking about within the next week or so. Or maybe someone out there would be nice enough to re-post it or forward it to you. <wink, wink, nudge, nudge></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Ryan</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></FONT>----- Original Message ----- </DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=midios3@hotmail.com href="mailto:midios3@hotmail.com">Dimitrios T.</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org href="mailto:freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org">freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=hamellr@aracnet.com href="mailto:hamellr@aracnet.com">hamellr@aracnet.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 26, 2000 11:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> no questions?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>Rick Hamell wrote:<BR><BR>>Umm... NO....! This is why questions are not supposed to be asked<BR>>on -newbies.<BR><BR>I thought -newbies was meant for newbies' questions..<BR>If not, could anyone, explain to little me, what's the purpose of it?<BR><BR>thanx,<BR>Dimitri<BR>________________________________________________________________________<BR>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <A href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>To Unsubscribe: send mail to <A href="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</A><BR>with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>home | help
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