On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 08:12:54PM -0000, Andy Kendall wrote: > As a newb to FreeBSD I find that the manual/handbook is not great in detail, > (understatement), and I seem to be relying on this questions list for a lot > of help. > > In my opinion it relies on far too high a plateau of knowledge by it's > readers to be of initial use. > > Am I really that thick or does anyone else feel this way? > > Do the email list respondents find themselves answering the same questions > over and over? > > Is there some way I can help to upgrade the manual entries with the detail I > find necessary to get things working and understand how they work, thereby > hopefully benefiting following newbs?
You are welcome to submit improvements to the handbook or man pages. The procedure is well documented on the web page. > > Is there a FreeBSD for dummies? Probably a combination of the FAQ and numerous web pages with howto lists that are out there in web-land make up the FreeBSd for dummies. I don't know of any specific publshed book of that nature, but there are several good ones that might be called FreeBSD for smart people. ////jerry > > > > Thanks > > > > Andy (very frustrated) > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"