Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:58:22 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> To: christopher <skeptikos@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support Message-ID: <47EAFF3E.4010200@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <20080326183554.3f5f43b1.skeptikos@gmail.com> References: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080326183554.3f5f43b1.skeptikos@gmail.com>
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Hi there, since this is -chat, a reply won't hurt :) christopher schrieb: > My main suggestion about learning would be to > subscribe to user group mailing lists. They tend > not to be as high volume as freebsd-questions, and > I've really had a lot of luck with my main list, a > Tucson, AZ, USA, unix group. They have people of > all flavors on there, and it gives me access to > non-freebsd specific resources as well. I solve > a lot of FreeBSD issues by searching linux archives. > > I do completely agree with the above statement :) My first subscription to a freebsd mailing list was de-bsd-questions@de.freebsd.org One could say, this is the german version of freebsd-questions@freebsd.org This mailing list proofed to be one of the best choices I ever did. During the years (since somewhat 1999?!) I learned a whole Unix flavor related things. It happened from time to time that a freebsd related question drifted of, as in, how can it be solved with other unix like operating systems. My main Unix know-how came from that list. And it still happens that I do read something on that mailinglist, where I think "well, this could help me at work with those debian boxes" Well, since time passes by, it's usally more like "ah, this can be achived by FreeBSD going that way" and "ah, this works in Solaris too" and then "Oh damn, this is more complicated in linux..." ;-) Anyway, point is, subscribe to a local mailinglist. It may be helpful :) And for the archives: Thanks to the guys at de-bsd-questions@ (especially Oliver Fromme and Bernd Walter). Very valuable information. Big plus of this german bsd mailing list. Nearly _no_ flamewars in those years since 1999. I would guess, like 5 flamewars in 10 years?! That's not that common, eh? :) regards, Marian
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