From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 06:25:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1255716A41F; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:25:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 937B443D45; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:25:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9D76277; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:25:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 40854-03; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:25:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9CB626E; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:25:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <43227C43.4040304@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:25:07 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050904) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD - Advocacy , FreeBSD - Chat X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 OpenPGP: id=C01BC363 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic Cc: Subject: FreeBSD on IRC X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:25:14 -0000 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. -- Best regards, Chris The light at the end of the tunnel can be a helluva nuisance, especially if your're using the tunnel as a darkroom.