Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:42:52 -0400 From: Jared <krod77@gmail.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IRC Message-ID: <c389a04d05091212427fda076f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050911191954.O87302@x12.dk> References: <43227C43.4040304@makeworld.com> <4322BC29.1050608@xs4all.nl> <20050911191954.O87302@x12.dk>
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On 9/11/05, Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk> wrote:=20 >=20 > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Hans Nieser wrote: >=20 > > Chris wrote: > >> I just wanted to make a note - in the past I pushed that FreeBSD on IR= C > >> is a good place for users to seek help - Well, I have been proven=20 > wrong. > >> > >> While it's true there MAY be a few decent IRC channels that actually > >> offer help with FreeBSD, I can now say that I was wrong to assume that > >> the majority of FBSD channels on IRC offer any type of FBSD help or=20 > even > >> care if they offer help. > >> > >> While I can't speak for EFNet, UnderNet and FreeNode - I can say for > >> sure that there are certain channels on DALNet that are NOT help=20 > channels. > >> > >> While there are some decent users on IRC networks overall, it really > >> comes down to the management. And in the end - it's the management tha= t > >> makes the channel. > > > > I'm a new FreeBSD user coming pretty much straight from Windows (well, = I > > have tinkered with linux a bit in the past), and I've been hanging out= =20 > in > > #freebsd on FreeNode and QuakeNET and found them great places to get=20 > help. > > > > Despite the fact that some of my questions that I have asked in either > > channels could probably be answered by some googling or wading through > > manpages, I've only been told to RTFM one or twice ;) >=20 > I'm on #FreeBSD at undernet and been there since 1998. > It is not a spoon feeding channel, but asking the right questions one get= s > often pointed in the right direction of reading material. >=20 > http://www.freebsddiary.org is also a nice place to lookup info on stuff > about freebsd .. >=20 > Best regards > S=F8ren Straarup >=20 > Soeren Straarup | aka OZ2DAK aka Xride > FreeBSD wannabe | FreeBSD since 2.2.6-R > 'We wanted to believe. But the tools > had been taken away..' Mulder >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org "#freebsd on freenode is a worthless channel full of venomous channel > operators who ban for grammar, and spelling mistakes." This is not true. --=20 > Cheers, > Jared > --http://phoenix-network.org >
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