On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Hans Nieser wrote:
Chris wrote:
I just wanted to make a note - in the past I pushed that FreeBSD on IRC
is a good place for users to seek help - Well, I have been proven 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 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 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 that
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 in
#freebsd on FreeNode and QuakeNET and found them great places to get 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 ;)
I'm on #FreeBSD at undernet and been there since 1998.
It is not a spoon feeding channel, but asking the right questions one gets
often pointed in the right direction of reading material.
http://www.freebsddiary.org is also a nice place to lookup info on stuff
about freebsd ..
Best regards
Søren Straarup
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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