no freebsd-beginners list?

[James Alexander Cook]

On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 07:30:17PM -0400, Brian Kinsey wrote:
> 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 :-)

How about freebsd-newbies?

- James Cook
  james.cook at utoronto.ca