From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 18 15:57:40 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA04158 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:57:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from one.net.au (lightgrey.one.net.au [203.17.224.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA04151 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:57:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dunya@one.net.au) Received: (qmail 5894 invoked from network); 18 Jan 1999 23:57:21 -0000 Received: from modem70-syd-isp-26.one.net.au (HELO fireball.2000.com.au) (203.101.15.199) by lightgrey.one.net.au with SMTP; 18 Jan 1999 23:57:21 -0000 Received: from localhost (dunya@localhost) by fireball.2000.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id KAA01874; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:59:20 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:59:20 +1100 (EST) From: "Oben O. Candemir" To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD IRC channels and ??quality?? In-Reply-To: <37901.916702631@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Now go going #linux and hang out there for the same period of time. > > You'll quickly learned what even some of the most basic bacteria have > learned by now - IRC is not a tool for tech support, it is a general and > This is also not a FreeBSD vs Linux phenomenon, as just 5 minutes in > EFNET's #linux or #linuxos channels will quickly show you. You've quite obviously missed the point... you probably haven't used Linux to any great degree (maybe proudly); but the IRC avenue for help is highly developed on the specific linux IRC servers. I realise that #linux is just as bad on EFNET but try the linpeople.org servers and you will see what I was trying to get across. IRC is a highly responsive form of peer help and the Linux guys have taken up the challenge and are providing excellent support to Linux users through this medium. Something the FreeBSD camp could 'emulate' as they do so well :) Oben Candemir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message