From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 16 15:18:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net (we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net [24.126.55.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73C937B416 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:18:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from unix.homeip.net (sjivid@unix.homeip.net [24.126.55.112]) by we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAGNIoZ05892 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:18:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bear@unix.homeip.net) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:18:50 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia X-X-Sender: bear@we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: RTFM: it works!! Message-ID: <20011116150722.H1363-100000@we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org So I've been playing with Solaris lately. Being a BSD junkie, time still trying to get used to it. Sure there maybe alot of you out there that have plenty of Solaris experience, but unfortunately I don't so I have to do alot of RTFM'ing. Unix started off as a hobby for me, now it's almost and obsession. ;) Luckily, I've been messing with BSD for so many years that it's easy for me to find the answers that I need with a bit of digging and reading. I had a Canon ImageRunner printer that I wanted to print to via the Solaris box, but I didn't know what rp name to use so I just cracked the manuals open and found my answer. Now I'm happlly printing. Only took me about 15-30 minutes to figure everything out (tried a few rp names before I decided to read the manual). Now everyone knows that RTFM'ing is the way to go, and in times when you're really stuck then you ask the Unix elders to give you a helping hand. I bring up this subject because one of my coworkers never bothers to read manuals or look up information via the Internet. And it bugs me, because its me he's always coming to for answers. The one thing that bugs me the most is when he asks me where the driver disks are for whatever peice of hardware. I tell him, "DTFD!" When in doubt, just Download The F***** Drivers. ;) It's not like we have quirky hardware here, most the stuff is name brand so the drivers are totally available. *sigh* Well, I just had to get that off my chest. I feel better now. :) Joey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message