Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:07:16 -0700 From: Stumpie <stumpie@edu.gte.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What do newbies want? Message-ID: <35353DA4.3A05@edu.gte.net> References: <01bd68a3$3266d580$5806bccc@708644668>
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Michael P. Sale wrote: > Nothin fancy, just a page with a bunch of links that have short descriptions > after them. Something we can bookmark once instead of having 20 bookmarks > to all our FreeBSD info. I'll second this notion. I'm at the stage now where I have FreeBSD installed, I can login as root, and I can maneuver around a little bit. I have 4 CD ROMs full of stuff and Greg Lehey's book as a crutch. Now I'm trying to get X-Windows installed, without much success. I went over some of the installation suggestions in the book and nothing looks familiar. I subscribed to <freebsd-questions> from a suggestion in the book, and then came over here to <-newbies> when it started up. Now, from just reading the mail, I have two impressions. First, the <-questions> folks don't particularly wish to hear questions from rank beginners like me for the umteenth time. Nor do I want to bother them with my questions. Second, the <-newbies> list wants chat, not necessarily questions. So, I would suggest that newbies want, and need, is a list or a place to go to get the most basic questions answered. While the Lehey book is excellect, I'm at a "now what do I do" stage. BTW, so as to inconvenience as few people as possible, if someone would like to help me with this problem, please contact me off list. TIA Regards, Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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