no freebsd-beginners list?

Brian Kinsey brian at thekinseys.net
Sat Apr 16 16:30:35 PDT 2005


I went to sign up for the freebsd beginners list and got a response that the
list was closed and I should use freebsd-questions instead. It seems to me
that a newbie list would be beneficial to many of us. I see a lot of very
technical questions here and feel that my newbie questions would not be
appreciated, especially since I have not read through the entire handbook
yet (yes, I'm working on it and I do try to use it to answer my own
questions before I post). There is already enough traffic here (I know, my
little rant here doesn't help with that) and I personally think that a list
with newbs helping other newbs and maybe a few of you more advanced people
popping in from time to time to share some tips would make things a bit
easier for some of us to learn. At least then I would be apt to ask more
questions and not be afraid to get a RTFM from the more advanced users. Then
I could also feel that I've made some accomplishment when the newbie list no
longer meets my needs and I can move up to freebsd-questions. Is there
somewhere else I should go, or is this the appropriate place for me? Does it
annoy you guys that have been using FreeBSD for a while to get my newbie
questions taking up room in your mailboxes?

 

On a side note, I do appreciate that I have not seen as many RTFM replies
here as I saw on the Linux boards when I was trying to learn Linux :-)

 



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