Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 08:06:57 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Steven Walker <swalk@anit.es> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 & things Message-ID: <19981011080657.49962@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981010215645.0080c210@sar.anit.es>; from Steven Walker on Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 09:56:45PM %2B0200 References: <3.0.5.32.19981010215645.0080c210@sar.anit.es>
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On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 09:56:45PM +0200, Steven Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I have read the XFree86 chapter in "The Complete FreeBSD" on installing > this and am worried that I might damage my hardware having an old second > hand monitor with no documentation. > > The snag is that I do not actually know what the prog does. Is it a must > have, a luxury or a load of junk? I would hate to spend ages getting it > set up and zap it 10 minutes later. You mean XFree86? It gives you a graphical interface, like windoze, rather than a commandline interface, like DOS. (Gee, I'd get shot down in flames if I said that on another list!) > I think my posting just about complies with that but I do find it rather > restricting. The questions group is very busy and most of what goes on > there is completely unintelligible at the moment. Understood. That's the cost of free professional level support. The very best technical support for newbies is at freebsd-questions. Questions placed there help other newbies by becoming part of a searchable archive. They also help the developers to see and understand the problems faced by newbies. They won't look anywhere else. If you want to share questions and tips a smaller less experienced group with no rules, send an empty message to freebsd-tips-subscribe@egroups.com. If for some peculiar reason you want a discussion-only group, somewhere to let of steam amongst peers only, a place to be guided to the right list or documentation that works for newbies, or to meet other newbies who want to give back to the FreeBSD Project, you're here. How many more mailing lists do you want? :-) > Maybe it is because I have no Unix background that I am finding it > hard going. Yep, that's a problem for all of us. We're trying to learn about a particular unix operating system without knowing unix first. You might find some helpful stuff through http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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