svn commit: r40985 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Sat Feb 16 16:36:22 2013
New Revision: 40985
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40985

Log:
  Remove ancient things.
  
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml	Sat Feb 16 16:36:19 2013	(r40984)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/projects/newbies.xml	Sat Feb 16 16:36:22 2013	(r40985)
@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@
           <a href="http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html">ppp page</a>
           for links to the other valuable information and the latest updates.</p></li>
 
-      <li><p><a name="cfbsd" href="http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/">The
-	    Complete &os;</a> by Greg Lehey, published by O'Reilly.
-	  This book assumes minimal UNIX experience and takes the
-	  beginner step by step through each stage from installation to
-	  everything you need to know to set up and run a &os; system. You
-	  also get to understand what you are doing and why.</p></li>
-
       <li><p>The <a href="&url.books;/handbook/index.html">&os; Handbook</a> and <a
 	    href="&url.books;/faq/index.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a> are the
 	  main documents for &os;. Essential reading, they contain a lot of
@@ -102,12 +95,6 @@
 	  answers via the <a href="&base;/search/search.html#mailinglists">search</a>
 	  page.</p></li>
 
-      <li><p>The main newsgroup for &os; is <a
-	    href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc</a>.
-	  You might want to keep an eye on <a
-	    href="news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce">comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce</a>
-	  as well.</p></li>
-
       <li><p><a href="&cgibase;/man.cgi">Manual pages</a> are good
 	  for reference but not always
 	  the best introduction for a novice. The more you work with man pages
@@ -156,12 +143,6 @@
 	  Pretty soon you will want to move on to a book that gives more
 	  coverage.</p></li>
 
-      <li><p>One book mentioned frequently by newbies is <a name="ufti"><em>UNIX for
-	  the Impatient</em></a> by Paul W. Abrahams and Bruce R. Larson, published
-	  by Addison-Wesley. It is intended both as a book for learning UNIX
-	  and a reference, and includes an introduction to UNIX concepts and
-	  handy chapter on using the X Window System.</p></li>
-
       <li><p>Another popular book is <em>UNIX Power Tools</em> by Jerry Peek,
 	  Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides, published by O'Reilly and
 	  Associates. It is organized as a series of short articles each of
@@ -189,25 +170,11 @@
 	  HTML at a mirror site near you, or can be installed on your own
 	  system.</p></li>
 
-      <li><p>UNIX questions are dealt with in the newsgroup <a
-	    href="news:comp.unix.questions">comp.unix.questions</a> and the
-	  associated
-	  <a href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/unix-faq/faq/">FAQ</a>
-          from the RMIT FTP site. Newbies are likely to be most interested in
-          sections 1 and 2 initially.</p></li>
-
-      <li><p>Another interesting newsgroup is <a
-	    href="news:comp.unix.user-friendly">comp.unix.user-friendly</a>.
-	  Although this newsgroup is for discussing user-friendliness, it can
-	  contain some good information for newbies. The <a
-	    href="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/unix-faq/user-friendly">FAQ</a>
-	  is also available by FTP.</p></li>
-
       <li><p>Many other web sites hold lists of UNIX tutorials and reference
-	  material. One of the best places to start looking is the UNIX page
-	  at <a
-	    href="http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Operating_Systems/Unix/">Yahoo!</a>.</p></li>
-
+	  material. One of the best places to start looking is the
+	  little known search engine <a
+	  href="https://google.com">Google</a>.</p>
+      </li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2><a name="xwin">Learning about the X Window System</a></h2>
@@ -220,13 +187,6 @@
       more likely to be difficult for newcomers to digest.</p>
 
     <ul>
-    <li><p>For basic information about installing, configuring and using the
-      X Window System, three of the books mentioned above have sections
-      dealing with X at beginner level:
-      <a href="&url.books;/handbook/x11.html">The X Window System</a> chapter
-	of the &os; Handbook, <a href="#cfbsd">The Complete &os;</a>,
-      and <a href="#ufti">UNIX for the Impatient</a>.</p></li>
-
     <li><p>Before you can get X running exactly the way you like, you will need
       to choose a window manager.
       Visit the <a href="http://xwinman.org/">Window Managers for X</a>