Newcomer / Intro Some useful things for the start.

[C Wusher]

"learn from other peoples mistakes"

The first thing you should do is to unmap "jettison all".
I lost loads of CR due to this function.

The second thing is, later, when you got some CR and cargospace left, always carry some FOOD CARTRIDGES (2,4,6 or more) with you.
They are often sought after and give some nice reputation.

Third: Stay local (well except you want to explore)
Choose a home station and return more or lees frequently.

 

[MarkOzzy]

oh, and move the boost button somewhere safe or, better still make it a alt+button. Many a tale (me included) of smearing yourself on the walls of a station!
and always check here:-
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=77

 

[OrientalHero]

I found that lowering landing gear disabled the boost and the deploy hardpoints (ie weapons).
So just lower your landing gear in station.
D O N ' T raise it until you leave the station.
I think everyone has failed at least once with the "looking cool boosting out of the letter box" only to hit the station side and blow up into smithereens!

 

[Buddhababy]

also, buy yourself a fuel scoop. a basic one is cheap and it pays for itself very quickly and at the start every credit helps

 

[Jackobite]

DONT buy a new ship as soon as you can afford it, twice I learned that getting a new ship is great but when you add in cargo costs you soon find all your money tied up in the craft, a simple mistake (see boost button above) and you loss the ship with no money for insurance costs is a total wipe back to sidewinder.