From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 29 15:01:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62BC637B404 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:01:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.acuson.com (ac17859.acuson.com [157.226.71.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70A343FA3 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:01:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com (mvaexch02.acuson.com [157.226.230.209]) by thor.acuson.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HE400MKEL4EZU@thor.acuson.com> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:00:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:50:30 -0700 Received: from dhcp-46-117.acuson.com ([157.226.46.117]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id JQ7MBSH3; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:51:56 -0700 Content-return: allowed Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:00:33 -0700 From: Johnson David In-reply-to: <008e01c2fedc$69edd650$d194fea9@bump> To: Ricardo Message-id: <200304291500.33135.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Organization: Siemens Medical Systems MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <003301c2fed0$0b7a91f0$d194fea9@bump> <200304291324.50548.fcash@sd73.bc.ca> <008e01c2fedc$69edd650$d194fea9@bump> cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: former linux user X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:01:02 -0000 On Wednesday 09 April 2003 02:10 pm, Ricardo wrote: > > This list isn't really for technical questions. This is more for > > newcomers to discuss their experiences with FreeBSD, the pitfalls > > they ran into, the helpful sites/people they've found, and so on. > > For technical questions, you'd use the FreeBSD-Questions list. > > Thank you to all who contributed! I'm all sorted out right now (for > now)! Where does one ask stupid newbie questions then? I really > thought this was the list for it! Note that I answered your questions by telling you where to look in the documentation, instead of giving you specific technical answers. If you want specific technical answers, ask at freebsd-questions. But try to do some research on your own first, like reading the docs, googling, etc. The people on -questions can spot those who haven't bothered to read the handbook a mile away... The reason why this list isn't for technical questions, is because this list is populated by newbies. Do you really want your technical question answered by someone who doesn't know any more about it than you? Of course not! So ask your technical questions in the group where all the experts hang out. David