On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 4:13 PM, cooloutac <raahe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, July 21, 2017 at 12:26:35 PM UTC-4, PR wrote: > > Hello > > > > > > > > Am 21.07.2017 9:39 vorm. schrieb "Noor Christensen" < > kchr+qub...@fripost.org>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The IRC channels are unofficial, and should probably continue to be so > > > > since we already have the mailing lists as our official means of > > > > communication. > > > > > > > > Agreed, Mailinglist and Qubes Docu are perfect to look for answers. > > The only (maybe) missing part would be a quick start guide for > beginners, adressing the most relevant tasks (referencing to the > documentation). > > > > > > > > > > People will continue joining the #qubes channel (or another one) and ask > for help, no matter if we are there or not. I think it's a great way to > > > > introduce new users to the project and point users with questions or > > > > answers to the offical docs and lists for further discussion. > > > > > > > > If there is an IRC channel, I think it should be clearly mentioned on > the website as asking via IRC might be a lower barrier for newbies. > > > > > > - PhR > > Qubes should not associate themselves with freenode or irc. That's just > my opinion. Nobody with self respect or integrity has taken freenode > serious for over 10 years. It should stay unofficial. > > I think google forums are a lot easier to use then installing some irc > client or connecting to a webchat, where the only people there are > criminals or spammers who want to exploit you or the network. No moderator > can help, freenode can't even protect themselves. The wolves bully that > hen house. Any IRC channel should stay unofficial imo. Freenode and its > communities are the sole reason Linux is unpopular. Its a ghost town full > of idle bots for a reason. > > Its one of the most dangerous places to connect to, besides online games, > some porn sites, and darknet sites like silk road. I mean come on, it > was hilarious how it was portrayed on Mr. Robot, but they were not that > far off. > > Even though they brought back tor support, which is a catch22 for them, > (although you would need a special tor setup, standard setups dont' work) > Recommending people go to freenode is like leading sheeps to slaughter. > > Well it seems that all groups are using Slack now. It is easy to use and works well. Have a look. Best Fran > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/qubes-users/b8647c82-8a47-4539-a88d-0046be8bc9ba%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CAPzH-qA-%2BSEYjuDLdxzdw_KGqZTAK-N502Jb%3DHuJQ5SuXYL%2BhQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
