Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:52:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IRC - #freebsd-newbies invasion? Message-ID: <199804210452.XAA09995@zuhause.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <19980421131140.04376@welearn.com.au> References: <19980421131140.04376@welearn.com.au>
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Sue Blake writes: > Some newbies are talking about where we should start a #freebsd-newbies IRC > channel, and among other options the FreeBSD IRC server came up. > > I've drifted through a couple of times, and I get the impression you lot > wouldn't want newbies jumping around in there, and I note that the IrcII > port no longer defaults to that server. On the other hand, it might actually > be helpful to have a newbies channel nearby you could send people to. It > would also be mentioned on the Newbies Resources web page. > > What are your thoughts on this? Who is going to sit in the #FreeBSD-newbies channel and answer questions? There are a number of #FreeBSD regulars that have limited patience for brain-dead newbies, and so they're not going to be interested in hanging around in #FreeBSD-newbies. We certainly don't need another channel filled with the clueless moaning about how badly FreeBSD sucks and that you can't get any help because nobody knows anything about FreeBSD on the channel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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