From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Oct 6 16:39:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA28743 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:39:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA28573 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:38:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA19475; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:23:33 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nik) Message-ID: <19981007002333.50430@nothing-going-on.org> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:23:33 +0100 From: Nik Clayton To: Eivind Eklund , Sue Blake Cc: Greg Lehey , doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dos and Don'ts References: <19981006071237.02443@follo.net> <19981006155341.C27781@freebie.lemis.com> <19981006083809.00946@follo.net> <19981006173417.64829@welearn.com.au> <19981006174328.65315@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19981006174328.65315@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 05:43:28PM +0200 Organization: Nik at home, where there's nothing going on Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 05:43:28PM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > Dos and Don'ts of FreeBSD > ------------------------- > > DON'T expect to get help on IRC, and don't attempt to demand it. > #freebsd is a cesspool; the people you see there are not > representative of the FreeBSD community (and I can say this > with immunity, as I'm one of them :-) DON'T expect postings to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc to reach active FreeBSD developers. Most of them despair of the signal/noise ratio, and concentrate on reading the mailing lists. DO use Usenet search engines such as DejaNews to search for information before posting. Searching for error messages can be particularly informative. N -- C.R.F. Consulting -- we're run to make me richer. . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message