Re: The Debian IRC channel
This is what actually happened:
00:42 -!- macon [~naim@pppoe1-dby.broadcom.dk] has joined #debian
01:24 macon> I have been using debian for about 4 years now, and I
always found that people on this channel is kindda "rude"
if one doesn't "it right away", tonight I was doing some
work with Fedora Core 3 and I used there fedora channel
and the linux channel and people was so friendly and
helpful. I just want to say to all people here that it is
important to stay patient and helpfull. Specially because
Debian sometimes needs a bit more work to work :-)
01:25 macon> No need to freak out just because someone didn't find the
info on the man page.
01:27 macon> less work to work, yeah well thats a matter of opinion ;)
I love debian and use it a lot. But I just spend 2 days
getting PPPoE up and I finally found that for some reason
the stable version of pppoeconf didn't work right, so I
used the unstable and no problems, tonight on fedora it
took about 30 secs.
01:29 macon> I think that some peope think they are "specielly wise"
just because they are using debian, and thus forgets to
be friendly.
01:30 greycat> macon: I think some people are "specially annoying"
just because they think they're friendlier than the
rest of us.
01:31 macon> greycat: Ahh, so you are one of them :-) I figured you'd
show up quick ;-)
01:32 directhex> macon, misery loves company. there are hundrefds of
really friendly fedora users just dying to tell you
thay they had a problem JUST LIKE the one you had,
but they never found a solution. tried looking on the
linuxquestions.org forum? nothing but simple
questions from fedora and mandrake users, who are
really unhelpful but certainly friendly
01:36 macon> I don't agree. The general spirit on fedora and Linux is
much more friendly..
01:36 macon> anyone being here daily..
01:36 greycat> macon: then go there.
01:37 macon> Isn't people rude right away when people don't get an answer?
01:37 macon> I am getting a lot of pm from people who agree, and I
think we should do something to change the atmosphere on
this channel a bit!
01:38 MobyTurbo> macon: then start your own channel.
01:38 greycat> macon: then start #debian-friendly or something.
01:38 PerfDave> macon: Well, I'm getting a lot of pm from people who
think you're a tit ;)
01:38 macon> No, thats not the solution.. the solution is to get the
admin of this channel - since it is thew biggest to kick
people who are rude off!
01:39 greycat> macon: please shut up.
01:39 petemc> macon: check the channel owner
01:39 PerfDave> macon: But the people who are less than entirely
friendly are also the people who are most helpful and
knowlegeable. Which is why they get to be so snarky,
when confronted with comparative idiots all day and
getting no reward for volunteering their services.
01:40 macon> PerfDave: Those very people are the ones who are stuckup
with the nose high in the air completely not
understanding the true spirit of debian!!
01:41 PerfDave> macon: and what is the "true spirit of Debian"? In
which document of the Debian Project is it written?
01:41 macon> And they are also the ones contaminating debian community
01:41 greycat> macon: and what, o mighty knower of all that is right,
is the "true spirit" of debian?
01:41 macon> Well you would know that if you didn't spend most of the
time here being stuckup yourselfs.. check out the debian
website.
01:42 -!- macon was kicked from #debian by caphuso [caphuso]
01:42 -!- mode/#debian [+b *!*@pppoe1-dby.broadcom.dk] by caphuso
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