Newbie Update - & thanks! :)

2008-04-01 Thread Passive PROFITS
Hi All, Just to say, thanks to your pointers and encouragement, I've spent my first few days messing about with BSD! :) First off, I wimped out (shame really) and installed DesktopBSD as I was already at least 'glance' familiar with KDE from Ubuntu Linux. This gave me some confidence. The slo

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-29 Thread Passive PROFITS
--- Marian Hettwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > since this is -chat, a reply won't hurt :) Well as it was almost the weekend, we'll forgive you! :) > christopher schrieb: > > My main suggestion about learning would be to > > subscribe to user group mailing lists. They tend > > not

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-29 Thread Passive PROFITS
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Right. That's interesting to know. I (still) > haven't > > really got my head around the way BSD is similar > and > > different to Linux. I keep hearing they are both > > Unix-like, but of course, that means nothing to > me, > > really, yet (though I have some va

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-28 Thread Passive PROFITS
--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ > So you don't have to dig into the archives or wait > for it to reappear in > the mailing list to read and enjoy it. > > To the original poster: ``Welcome to -chat, and > we'l

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-28 Thread Passive PROFITS
sues that I may > not have now, but will eventually. That's about where I am with the SSL list, which I joined some time ago but continue to not even understand, in terms of just the questions, never mind the answers ... But it's really nice to be able to wire yourself into such pla

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-28 Thread Passive PROFITS
nb: Fonz - same message as just sent offlist (but I forgot to copy it back to the list - not quite used to the way this list is set up in that respect yet! :(). PS - Done a parachute jump before (2000 feet)! ;) --- "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
> most kind regards > > jonathan > > > ps, small niggle well based on observation, you have > a real name it is > agood idea to useit .. read the mailinglists > charters, maillname/userid > is one thing but a personal identifier that is close > to a (your) real > name. Hi Jonathan, Sorry I did

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
--- "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Passive PROFITS wrote: > > > The only 'official' list seems to be this: > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > That's the one, in

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
--- Marian Hettwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, Hi there! :) > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:08:43 -0700 (PDT), Passive > PROFITS > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there Marian! > > > > First off, I must point out that it's incredibly &

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
Thanks Michael - will do! ;) Best, PP --- Michael Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you may want to check out monowall :) > > http://m0n0.ch/wall/ > > --Mike H > ___ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/lis

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
rote: > Hi there, > > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:19:55 -0700 (PDT), Passive > PROFITS > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > FWIW, I am only experienced with putting together > > firewalls in Ubuntu using a GUI (Firestarter). I > do > > not seem to

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
d it other than to not start to learn BSD ... At some point I've got to get past the 'complete idiot' stage, right?! And today is as good as any other!?! Any thoughts appreciated! Best, PP --- Max Laier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 15:15:30

Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
--- David Wolfskill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Passive > PROFITS wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > First post to any FreeBSD list; be gentle! ;) > > > > Where would be the right place to go looking to > &g

Newbie Question - about newbie user support

2008-03-26 Thread Passive PROFITS
Hi All, First post to any FreeBSD list; be gentle! ;) Where would be the right place to go looking to subscribe to a newbie level user-support list? Perhaps rephrased 'complete newbie user support list' ... LOL I'm only like 9+ months into Linux [Ubuntu desktop/server installs v.6.06.1 LTS], th