no freebsd-beginners list?

[Brian Kinsey]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Kinsey [mailto:brian at thekinseys.net] 
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:10 PM
To: 'freebsd-questions at freebsd.org'
Subject: RE: no freebsd-beginners list?

 I thought that was the one I tried, but I see that the archive has threads
from April 2005, so obviously I was wrong. Just sent in my subscription
request. Thanks :)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of James Alexander
Cook
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:00 PM
To: Brian Kinsey
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: no freebsd-beginners list?

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