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| You have already taken the most important step by reading this document. | You have already taken the most important step by reading this document. | ||||
| However, if you are new to FreeBSD, you may first need to familiarize yourself with the software, and all the social history around it, by reading the numerous link:https://www.FreeBSD.org/docs/books/[books and articles] that are available. | However, if you are new to FreeBSD, you may first need to familiarize yourself with the software, and all the social history around it, by reading the numerous link:https://www.FreeBSD.org/docs/books/[books and articles] that are available. | ||||
| Items of particular interest include the link:{faq}[FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)] document, the link:{handbook}[FreeBSD Handbook], and the articles link:{freebsd-questions-article}[How to get best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list], link:{explaining-bsd}[Explaining BSD], and link:{new-users}[FreeBSD First Steps]. | Items of particular interest include the extref:{faq}[FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)] document, the extref:{handbook}[FreeBSD Handbook], and the articles extref:{freebsd-questions-article}[How to get best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list], extref:{explaining-bsd}[Explaining BSD], and extref:{new-users}[FreeBSD First Steps]. | ||||
| It is always considered bad form to ask a question that is already answered in the above documents. | It is always considered bad form to ask a question that is already answered in the above documents. | ||||
| This is not because the volunteers who work on this project are particularly mean people, but after a certain number of times answering the same questions over and over again, frustration begins to set in. | This is not because the volunteers who work on this project are particularly mean people, but after a certain number of times answering the same questions over and over again, frustration begins to set in. | ||||
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| == What Is A "Bikeshed"? | == What Is A "Bikeshed"? | ||||
| Literally, a `bikeshed` is a small outdoor shelter into which one may store one's two-wheeled form of transportation. | Literally, a `bikeshed` is a small outdoor shelter into which one may store one's two-wheeled form of transportation. | ||||
| However, in FreeBSD parlance, the term refers to topics that are simple enough that (nearly) anyone can offer an opinion about, and often (nearly) everyone does. The genesis of this term is explained in more detail link:{faq}#bikeshed-painting[in this document]. | However, in FreeBSD parlance, the term refers to topics that are simple enough that (nearly) anyone can offer an opinion about, and often (nearly) everyone does. The genesis of this term is explained in more detail extref:{faq}[in this document, bikeshed-painting]. | ||||
| You simply must have a working knowledge of this concept before posting to any FreeBSD mailing list. | You simply must have a working knowledge of this concept before posting to any FreeBSD mailing list. | ||||
| More generally, a bikeshed is a topic that will tend to generate immediate meta-discussions and flames if you have not read up on their past history. | More generally, a bikeshed is a topic that will tend to generate immediate meta-discussions and flames if you have not read up on their past history. | ||||
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| == Acknowledgments | == Acknowledgments | ||||
| `{grog}`:: | `{grog}`:: | ||||
| Original author of most of the material on mailing list etiquette, taken from the article on link:{freebsd-questions-article}[How to get best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list]. | Original author of most of the material on mailing list etiquette, taken from the article on extref:{freebsd-questions-article}[How to get best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list]. | ||||
| `{linimon}`:: | `{linimon}`:: | ||||
| Creation of the rough draft of this FAQ. | Creation of the rough draft of this FAQ. | ||||
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