Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:02:15 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>, pirat@prime.oaep.go.th, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to get Windows Internet stuff/ More on Windows & BSD Message-ID: <19980617100214.10135@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980616193152.28429@nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:31:52PM %2B0100 References: <3.0.5.32.19980614002726.007fa8c0@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980614135505.23112A-100000@parwati.oaep.go.t <3.0.5.32.19980614002726.007fa8c0@mx.serv.net> <19980615153541.A1607@oaep.go.th> <3.0.5.32.19980615175855.007f0250@mx.serv.net> <19980616132538.54321@welearn.com.au> <19980616193152.28429@nothing-going-on.org>
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On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:31:52PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 01:25:38PM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > > Holy cow! This is about the only thing that you can't fix after > > installation, and you want to get it right. The LAST THING you'd want > > to be doing is taking advice from a newbie, or from this list, > > or anyone met on this list. > > <cough> > > Not everyone on this list *is* a FreeBSD newbie. I think that's probably > a good thing, since (hopefully) bad advice can be spotted and corrected > (in an appropriate fashion, of course). This list is specifically *for* newbies to talk to other newbies, but nobody is barred from joining. Advice on what to do and how to do it, especially where there are problems, belongs to freebsd-questions (but see below). Lest there be any doubt, this is clearly spelled out 1. on the list charters page 2. in the info majordomo sends upon joining 3. http://www.freebsd.org/newbies.html 4. http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies 5. in the weekly posting to this list each Friday or Saturday In the past, misinformation has been spread among newbies and others have used it as ammunition to say that newbies shouldn't be allowed to get together because they'll spread misinformation making more work for the freebsd-questions volunteers. As a group we have quite a reputation to live down. So far I think we have shown our worth by just being ourselves. > I think that some of the "why" discussions when it comes to disk partioning > (as opposed to the "how" discussions of how you run disklabel and others) > might be germane to this list. IMHO of course, and I'll cheerfully be told > I'm wrong :-) That kind of "why" discussion fits in here well. It meets the critereon of being something that is not done on another list. Our main activity seems to be learning, rather than asking and telling how to do things. Your explanations of various topics in the past have been much appreciated. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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