Re: FreeBSD on IRC

On 9/11/05, Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk> wrote:=20
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> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Hans Nieser wrote:
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> > 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=
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> 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 ;)
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> 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.
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> http://www.freebsddiary.org is also a nice place to lookup info on stuff
> about freebsd ..
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> Best regards
> S=F8ren Straarup
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> 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
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  "#freebsd on freenode is a worthless channel full of venomous channel
> operators who ban for grammar, and spelling mistakes."

This is not true.

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> Cheers,
> Jared
> --http://phoenix-network.org
>
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