From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 14 14:15:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FEDE16A41F for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:15:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3588543D5D for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:15:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from [66.47.111.183] (helo=joeandlane.com) by smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1DiCCq-0005eE-VB; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:15:57 -0400 Received: from joeandlane.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5EEM0UR019549; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:22:02 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j5EEM0Js019535; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:22:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) From: Lane To: "John McAree" , FreeBSD Mailing List Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:21:59 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <37230.193.138.107.178.1118749563.squirrel@193.138.107.178> In-Reply-To: <37230.193.138.107.178.1118749563.squirrel@193.138.107.178> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506140922.00313.lane@joeandlane.com> X-ELNK-Trace: e56a4b6ca9bdfda11aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec7942ceb470884152a1a5623f4c2f87d2cb350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.47.111.183 Cc: dkrules7@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Very Dissapointed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:15:58 -0000 Ok, Ok. I think everybody gets it, now. FreeBSD Yay! Microsoft Boo. FreeBSD users are the most helpful EVER, with never a bad word uttered. Microsoft users are bad people whose feet stink and they might not love jesus. Now, please move on. On Tuesday 14 June 2005 06:46, John McAree wrote: > > I just came in on the end of this, so I'm not sure what you've done. > > But > you are correct that there aren't many guides for such a thing > that a > > > beginner could follow. > > hay guys i hear freebsd have this here 'handbook' type thing. Try reading > it. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ > > I'd like to see Microsoft provide such a resource for Windows (at least, > one that doesn't treat the reader like an idiot). > > If dk is such a computer expert (using PCs since the days of DOS 3.3? > Wow), he should be familiar with using things like command lines, > non-graphical installers, and the task of setting up your own disk > partitions. The handbook is an excellent resource, when I was a beginner > with FreeBSD I found it invaluable. I still refer to it regularly, 2-3 > years later. All I can say is that this is the problem with the way > Windows does *everything* for the user (and usually not very well)...the > users lose the ability to think for themselves, or to even learn anything > about the PC they are using. > > 'dk', Jerry's right in that you made no effort to actually ask a question, > you should be a bit more diplomatic in future. The FreeBSD community are > (from my experience) a friendly and helpful bunch of people. As it > happens, despite your attitude, you still got some advice. Perhaps you > should think before you type next time. > > Regards, > John.