From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Oct 29 13:46:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA27026 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:46:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamma.aei.ca (gamma.aei.ca [206.123.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA27007 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:46:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from malartre@aei.ca) Received: from aei.ca (aeiusrF-22.aei.ca [206.186.205.22]) by gamma.aei.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA20246; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:46:13 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3638E1E4.F2B7E256@aei.ca> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:45:08 -0500 From: Malartre X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luke CC: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: helping people References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Luke wrote: > > Im not 100% sure this is the right place to mention this, but as someone who > doesnt spend much time on irc, and went there finding no answer to their > question , but many people with simple questions who could be helped, > I spend most of my time with FreeBSD porting/developing software , and dont > have much trouble fixing a port which is marked as broken. I realize the > FreeBSD project probably doesnt have responsibiltiy for #freebsd on efnet , > which garners more sarcastic and demoralizing comments to stupid questions in > which "man blech" would be much more helpful. but even irc.freebsd.org is much > the same. > Personally I dont really need the help, found what i wanted in the handbook > shortly after asking on EFnet #freebsd and seeing the responses. God I feel > guilty and moronic after asking, and finding it in the handbook. > My main thing is if there is going to be a irc.freebsd.org, the freebsd.org > project should distance itself from any other irc networks and jerks who could > be quiet as opposed to offering sarcastic insults shouldn't be on > irc.freebsd.org#freebsd > like I said to a few on EFnet, I have never used linux but i bet a small part > of its popularity is that you can go on #linux and not feel belittled and > small-minded for asking what may be a simple question to some. Despite this I'm > not switching from FreeBSD I find it more intelligently arranged than our > solaris and linux machines, I am just commenting on my experience on irc. > > thanks, whatever. > > --- > > E-Mail: Luke > Sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- Hi Most of the people (including me) who did ask a question on #freebsd, where asking stupid/easy-to-find-in-the-FAQ-handbook questions. On the #linux channel (I don't use linux, but did visit the channel), I remember peoples asking a tons of easy-to-find questions. In my experience, IRC is mostly used by lazzy-I-want-it-right-now peoples. So better answer when you use the freebsd-questions mailing list and so much better when you find it yourself. The only problem is that sometimes, the peoples on #freebsd are a little bit insulting/joking :-) -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message