From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Oct 13 13:35:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA18559 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 13:35:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sar.anit.es (sar.anit.es [195.76.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18547 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 13:35:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swalk@anit.es) Received: from cyrix (p1h181.anit.es [195.76.122.181]) by sar.anit.es (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA13715; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 22:34:38 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981013212217.00945320@sar.anit.es> X-Sender: swalk@sar.anit.es X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:22:17 +0200 To: Sue Blake , David Wolfskill From: Steven Walker Subject: Re: XFree86 & things Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19981013072536.11957@welearn.com.au> References: <199810122027.NAA15780@pau-amma.whistle.com> <19981011080657.49962@welearn.com.au> <199810122027.NAA15780@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, >> >> And for me, "explaining" a UNIX concept by referring to a Microsoft one >> is quite the wrong way 'round. I am sure that you are right. This thread started when I was moaning about the difficulties facing complete novices. If you start explaining a Unix concept in Unix terms I am liable to wonder what you are talking about. > >Sure, but I would never attempt to explain any unix concepts to you and >this explanation was oriented towards the statistically most likely >needs of the person I was addressing. I figured you'd cope, I understood perfectly which achieved the object even if it was a heresy. Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message