Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 09:10:59 -0400 From: Herbert M Pollard <hpollard@jps.net> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbies First Aid Kit Message-ID: <3763ADE2.43560248@jps.net> References: <199906120230.MAA15809@phoenix.welearn.com.au>
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I have to agree with ML Duke and UEBAYASHI Masao. I can see that FreeBSD is a very powerful and stable O/S. It is also very complex. I think that a lot of if not most of the newbies to FreeBSD are not computer science students, at least I am not. As a person who is trying to learn this operating system at home on his own. I find it very hard to select a proper starting point. So far most books I have seen on unix are geared for either a user or a experience administrator, there is no in-between. It seem that with the advent of the opening up of the the internet to the general public new and exciting technologies are available to us. But to those in computer field they have had no contact with people like us. So many concepts are taken for granted as being widely know and they communicate at a level that is above our heads (mine). I for one have never taken C.S. 101 or something like that but basically that is what it feels' like to me . As such you have a minimum requirement before you can join this club or else you are lost and the rest of us don't have the time to teach you. I think there should be a forum for newbies where we can ask the technical and sometime what seems simple to others very basic questions and not be told to go to where guys are asking for advice on tweaking servers and the best way to configure samba. It's great to learn things on your own but people need help too and we need to feel that there is a place to go as a beginner and ask these questions, not get told go read some rfc or something. Herbert Pollard Sue Blake wrote: > FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid Kit > (Last updated 30 August 1998) > > (This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list. > It is also available at http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/) > > FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG is the place to send all questions about > installing, configuring, running and using FreeBSD. All help requests > are handled by FreeBSD-Questions, including newbies questions. > > FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for help or answer how-to > ......... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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