Re: To jpd
From: C- (lalala_at_notreal.co.nz)
Date: 09/22/03
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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 01:00:35 +1200
Btw, what's up with your attitude?
I'm sorry for not reading enough, and not having enough experience, but
you really don't have launch into a personal attack.
jpd wrote:
> In article <1064137883.970119@radsrv1.tranzpeer.net>, C- wrote:
>
>>Hi, I just installed FreeBSD 5.0,
>
>
> Why did you do that? FreeBSD.org still clearly recommends to use 4.8,
> especially if you're new. If you really want the new technology pre-
> releases, use the latest: 5.1. Iff you do so, don't forget to read the
> early adopters guide:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/early-adopter.html
>
> Don't forget to read the installation guide, the rest of the handbook
> and the FAQ:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html
>
Clearly I DID install it by a handbook, and it was a simple mistake,
since i didnt launch my windows manager with startx,
> Those documents weren't written to not be read, so you'd better read them.
> It's not hard, it only takes a bit of time, and saves you and us a lot of
> time answering unanswerable questions.
Some other people could answer my however simple/stupid/'unanswerable'
questions. It's not like I asked 'what comes first, the chicken or the
egg', however vague/clueless i may have been.
>
>
>
>>but in XF68config I can't get the settings to work, and it keeps saying
>>the settings failed. I think its the monitor or screen settings,
>>but i tried setting it equal to or lower than what my monitors manual
>>says, and no luck
>
>
> You know, a lot of people like to answer questions, as a good question
> makes everybody learn something. Yours however, does not contain enough
> information to work with. To see how to do better, read;
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
You know, in a perfect world, this may be the case. But apparently, in
the real world, most questions are just probing for really simple, but
overlooked answers, but if you wanted harder questions, you could look
to a physicist or something. But apparently I'm far too simple for you
and I need to read to make better questions.
>
>
>>when i go into xwindow, its all just shades of gray, with 2 windows, one
>>that says login, and another on the right, I can remember what it says.
>> And i cant see any icons or anything
>
>
> Looks like _X_ works all right. X only does that window thing, nothing
> else. That you don't also get all sorts of window dressing like kde or
> gnome or fancy window managers, is an entirely different matter. You
> will need to install some of those if you want them. How to do that is
> also in the handbook.
>
>
^Yup thanks, that was the right point.
I'm sorry, like you get a bit peeved by people who don't read the
handbook at all, I get a bit peeved when people talk to me like I don't
read, and make me sound like I asked a question like 'Hey what's an OS'.
You're right to point people to the handbook, but maybe with a little
less animosity. If you get plagued by newbies, maybe i would feel sorry
for u, but apparently that isn't quite possible since FreeBSD is
practically unheard of to Windoze users. So maybe if people even *try*
to use FreeBSD, you could cut them some slack because they're the only
ones who are trying!
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