Add a new file, 'newbies.sgml', containing Sue Blake's "Resources for

Newies", as she doesn't have the resources to continue hosting it -- it
also makes it easier for others to add to it as appropriate.

Update the Makefile to list the file, and support.sgml with the new link
to newbies.html.

This also marks my first commit since I was hit by RSI almost six weeks
ago. My appreciation to everyone in the FreeBSD community who wished me
well, and understood why I didn't immediately write back to them :-)

PR:		docs/6386
Reviewed by:	freebsd-doc
Submitted by:	Sue Blake, <sue@welearn.com.au>
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&header;
<p>The following resources are some of those which FreeBSD
newbies have found most helpful when learning to use FreeBSD.
Please send corrections and additions to
<a href="mailto:freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org">FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="web-site">FreeBSD Web Site</a></h2>
<p>This web site is the main source of up to date information about
FreeBSD. Newbies have found the following pages particularly helpful:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="search.html">Search</a> the Handbook and FAQ, or the
whole web site, or the archives of the FreeBSD-Questions mailing
list.</p></li>
<li><p>The <a href="docs.html">Documentation</a> page has links to the
Handbook and FAQ, tutorials, information about contributing to the
Documentation Project, documents in languages other than English,
and much more.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="support.html">Support</a> page contains a wealth of
information about FreeBSD, including mailing lists, user groups, web
and FTP sites, release information, and links to some sources of
UNIX information.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="fbsd">Learning about FreeBSD</a></H2>
<ul>
<li><p>A number of <a href="tutorials/">tutorials</a> are available. The
one <a href="tutorials/newuser/newuser.html">For People New to Both
FreeBSD and Unix</a> is popular with absolute beginners. You don't
have to know much about anything to enjoy this one. It is also
available from <a
href="http://andrsn.stanford.edu/FreeBSD/newuser.html">the
author's site</a> and can be downloaded in <a
href="ftp://andrsn.stanford.edu/pub/">postscript or RTF format</a>
for printing.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm">The
Complete FreeBSD</a> by Greg Lehey, published by Walnut Creek
CDROM. 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 FreeBSD system. You
also get to understand what you're doing and why.</p></li>
<li><p>The <a href="handbook/handbook.html">FreeBSD Handbook</a> and <a
href="FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a> are the
main documents for FreeBSD. Essential reading, they contain a lot of
material for newbies as well as some pretty advanced stuff. Don't
worry if you can't understand the advanced sections. The handbook
contains the installation instructions and also provides lists of
books and on line resources, and the FAQ has a troubleshooting
section.</p></li>
<li><p>Join the FreeBSD-Questions mailing list to see the questions you
were too afraid to ask, and their answers. Subscribe by sending mail
to <a href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.org">majordomo@freebsd.org</a>
with "subscribe freebsd-questions" on its own in the message body
(the subject doesn't matter). You can look up old questions and
answers via the <a href="search.html#mailinglists">search</a>
page.</p></li>
<li><p>The main newsgroup for FreeBSD 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><strong>Man pages</strong> are good for reference but not always
the best introduction for a novice. The more you work with man pages
the more familiar they become. Some are very good for newbies, so
always check them out. The ppp man page, for example, is more like a
tutorial.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="unix">Learning about UNIX</a></h2>
<p>Many of the problems we have as newbies come from being unfamiliar
with the UNIX commands needed to fix our FreeBSD problems.
Without a UNIX background you'll be faced with two things to learn
at once. Fortunately a lot of resources are available to make this
easier.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>There are many easy books, such as the "Dummies" guides, in any
large book shop. If you want something really easy, take a look at
what is available and pick one that seems to speak your language.
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 <em>UNIX for the
Impatient</em> 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 organised as a series of short articles each of
which solves a problem, and these articles are cross-referenced to
other articles with related material. Though not specifically aimed
at newbies, the design makes it ideal for a newbie with a burning
question or the odd few minutes to browse. More elementary material
is near the front of the book, but there are short easy articles
throughout.</p></li>
<li><p>A <a
href="http://www-wks.acs.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/unix.html">UNIX Introductory Course</a> from Ohio State University is available online in HTML, postscript and Acrobat PDF formats.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.ucs.ed.ac.uk/~unixhelp/servers.html">UNIXhelp
for Users</a> is another introductory guide which is available in
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="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/top.html"> Frequently Asked Questions</a>. You can also get a copy of the <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>
which also has a <a
href="http://www.camelcity.com/~noel/usenet/cuuf-FAQ.htm">FAQ</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>
<li><p>Before talking to real humans about your new skills, you might
want to check the <a
href="http://manuel.brad.ac.uk/help/.faq/.unix/.pronun.html">Pronunciation Guide</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="people">People</a></H2>
<p>Friends who run FreeBSD are a great resource. No book can replace
chatting on the phone or across a pizza with someone who has the
same interests, enjoys similar accomplishments, and faces the same
challenges. If you don't have many friends who use FreeBSD,
consider using your old FreeBSD CDs to create some more :-)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#user">User groups</a> are
good places to meet other FreeBSD users. If there's not one nearby,
maybe you could start one.</p>
<p>On line we have the
<a href="http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/">FreeBSD-Newbies</a>
mailing list for non-technical discussions about matters of interest
to newbies. Another mailing list,
<a href="mailto:questions@freebsd.org">FreeBSD-Questions</a>,
answers our questions about using FreeBSD.</p>
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&header;
<p>The following resources are some of those which FreeBSD
newbies have found most helpful when learning to use FreeBSD.
Please send corrections and additions to
<a href="mailto:freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org">FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="web-site">FreeBSD Web Site</a></h2>
<p>This web site is the main source of up to date information about
FreeBSD. Newbies have found the following pages particularly helpful:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="search.html">Search</a> the Handbook and FAQ, or the
whole web site, or the archives of the FreeBSD-Questions mailing
list.</p></li>
<li><p>The <a href="docs.html">Documentation</a> page has links to the
Handbook and FAQ, tutorials, information about contributing to the
Documentation Project, documents in languages other than English,
and much more.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="support.html">Support</a> page contains a wealth of
information about FreeBSD, including mailing lists, user groups, web
and FTP sites, release information, and links to some sources of
UNIX information.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="fbsd">Learning about FreeBSD</a></H2>
<ul>
<li><p>A number of <a href="tutorials/">tutorials</a> are available. The
one <a href="tutorials/newuser/newuser.html">For People New to Both
FreeBSD and Unix</a> is popular with absolute beginners. You don't
have to know much about anything to enjoy this one. It is also
available from <a
href="http://andrsn.stanford.edu/FreeBSD/newuser.html">the
author's site</a> and can be downloaded in <a
href="ftp://andrsn.stanford.edu/pub/">postscript or RTF format</a>
for printing.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm">The
Complete FreeBSD</a> by Greg Lehey, published by Walnut Creek
CDROM. 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 FreeBSD system. You
also get to understand what you're doing and why.</p></li>
<li><p>The <a href="handbook/handbook.html">FreeBSD Handbook</a> and <a
href="FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a> are the
main documents for FreeBSD. Essential reading, they contain a lot of
material for newbies as well as some pretty advanced stuff. Don't
worry if you can't understand the advanced sections. The handbook
contains the installation instructions and also provides lists of
books and on line resources, and the FAQ has a troubleshooting
section.</p></li>
<li><p>Join the FreeBSD-Questions mailing list to see the questions you
were too afraid to ask, and their answers. Subscribe by sending mail
to <a href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.org">majordomo@freebsd.org</a>
with "subscribe freebsd-questions" on its own in the message body
(the subject doesn't matter). You can look up old questions and
answers via the <a href="search.html#mailinglists">search</a>
page.</p></li>
<li><p>The main newsgroup for FreeBSD 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><strong>Man pages</strong> are good for reference but not always
the best introduction for a novice. The more you work with man pages
the more familiar they become. Some are very good for newbies, so
always check them out. The ppp man page, for example, is more like a
tutorial.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="unix">Learning about UNIX</a></h2>
<p>Many of the problems we have as newbies come from being unfamiliar
with the UNIX commands needed to fix our FreeBSD problems.
Without a UNIX background you'll be faced with two things to learn
at once. Fortunately a lot of resources are available to make this
easier.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>There are many easy books, such as the "Dummies" guides, in any
large book shop. If you want something really easy, take a look at
what is available and pick one that seems to speak your language.
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 <em>UNIX for the
Impatient</em> 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 organised as a series of short articles each of
which solves a problem, and these articles are cross-referenced to
other articles with related material. Though not specifically aimed
at newbies, the design makes it ideal for a newbie with a burning
question or the odd few minutes to browse. More elementary material
is near the front of the book, but there are short easy articles
throughout.</p></li>
<li><p>A <a
href="http://www-wks.acs.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/unix.html">UNIX Introductory Course</a> from Ohio State University is available online in HTML, postscript and Acrobat PDF formats.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.ucs.ed.ac.uk/~unixhelp/servers.html">UNIXhelp
for Users</a> is another introductory guide which is available in
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="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/top.html"> Frequently Asked Questions</a>. You can also get a copy of the <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>
which also has a <a
href="http://www.camelcity.com/~noel/usenet/cuuf-FAQ.htm">FAQ</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>
<li><p>Before talking to real humans about your new skills, you might
want to check the <a
href="http://manuel.brad.ac.uk/help/.faq/.unix/.pronun.html">Pronunciation Guide</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="people">People</a></H2>
<p>Friends who run FreeBSD are a great resource. No book can replace
chatting on the phone or across a pizza with someone who has the
same interests, enjoys similar accomplishments, and faces the same
challenges. If you don't have many friends who use FreeBSD,
consider using your old FreeBSD CDs to create some more :-)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#user">User groups</a> are
good places to meet other FreeBSD users. If there's not one nearby,
maybe you could start one.</p>
<p>On line we have the
<a href="http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/">FreeBSD-Newbies</a>
mailing list for non-technical discussions about matters of interest
to newbies. Another mailing list,
<a href="mailto:questions@freebsd.org">FreeBSD-Questions</a>,
answers our questions about using FreeBSD.</p>
&footer;
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