From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 12 19:42:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0B9016A424 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:42:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krod77@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BFDD43D46 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:42:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krod77@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z31so276719nzd for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:42:54 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=UdzA4GLwa3ayHMyvDmKecFRxb5xMxNwVrgBYGYfzftqkQtolA4oXEl4IfaWMPraqOhibT//sxcMwhYgyL/kWmNaCgpU3TT3Dct9q/NH89ogY5x3GgiHY2GiC0Sg6+TmXxI9kunGkobH4FskQl2frpvrl7HidDNY4gOmquPK/2+4= Received: by 10.36.7.17 with SMTP id 17mr227275nzg; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:42:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.250.70 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:42:52 -0400 From: Jared To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050911191954.O87302@x12.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <43227C43.4040304@makeworld.com> <4322BC29.1050608@xs4all.nl> <20050911191954.O87302@x12.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IRC X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: krod77@gmail.com List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:42:59 -0000 On 9/11/05, Soeren Straarup 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 >