Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:32:53 -0700 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: Thanjee Neefam <thanjee@fastmail.fm>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't install from CD Message-ID: <200304141132.53338.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <20030414001816.124F451A7E@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> References: <20030413190122.781AC37B401@hub.freebsd.org> <20030414001816.124F451A7E@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>
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On Sunday 13 April 2003 05:18 pm, Thanjee Neefam wrote: > I thought that installation problems were very valid newbie issues. > If you can't even install FreeBSD, how can you ever get beyond > newbie? The FreeBSD mailing list hierarchy is different from the Linux mailing lists. We are NOT separated into -newbies, -intermediate, and -advanced. All questions of a technical nature should go to -questions, regardless of your experience level, with the exception of technical questions belongs to a more specialized list. The purpose of -newbies is for newbies to hang out, chat, and discuss issues related to -newbies. We can certainly ask questions. Just not technical questions. The reason for not allowing technical questions is that this list is inhabited by newbies. Think about it. Do you want your technical question answered by someone with no experience? I sure don't! I've seen this problem on Linux. Someone joins a Linux newbie list, asks a question, gets ten wrong answers, and then proceeds to screw up their machine. FreeBSD cannot afford to have an *official* list provide the public with erroneous and misleading information. Our reputation for excellence is too important to lose. David
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