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= IRC Rules
== Introduction
This document describes the rules to be followed by everyone who joins
the users' and/or developers' IRC channels of Frugalware Linux.
== Welcome
You have joined us on IRC, to get help from or to give help to other Frugalware
users. We're sure you have made a good decision :) This document details a few
basic rules that should be followed on IRC. The rules are documented here so
that they're available to everyone.
== IRC channels
.There are 5 Frugalware Linux channels for users
* #frugalware (Main, English-language only)
* #frugalware.es (Spanish-language only)
* #frugalware.fr (French-language only)
* #frugalware.hu (Hungarian-language only)
* #frugalware.it (Italian-language only)
Please use only the language appropriate to the channel. If you don't do
so, you'll be asked to change channels. If you know of other non-English
channels, please tell us.
.There is a Frugalware Linux channel for developers
* #frugalware.dev (Frugalware development discussion. Only Frugalware
developers can 'speak' on this channel but everyone can see what's being
discussed).
== Frugalware developers
If you're a Frugalware developer, please also join one or more of the user
channels. Since users don't have the right to speak on the #frugalware.dev
channel, your presence on a user channel is the only way they can chat with
you. Keep in mind that today's Frugalware users may be tomorrow's
Frugalware developers.
== Off-topic discussion
=== Other Linux distributions' features
You may discuss other distributions' features but don't expect everyone to be
familiar with them. For example the following question is impossible to answer
for someone who hasn't used Gentoo:
`How can i set up my network so that it works as it does under Gentoo?`
Instead, describe what it is that you're trying to achieve, for example:
`Is it possible to use network profiles so that I can change all my settings
with one command when I get home from my workplace?`
=== Non-Frugalware discussion
Talking about non-Frugalware topics (or even non-Linux) is okay, as long as
this doesn't prevent others from talking about Frugalware. We are a community,
so you're welcome to share your ideas, but don't make it impossible for others
to get help.
== Asking questions
=== I'm new to Frugalware
Welcome! You've either installed or are wanting to install Frugalware and so
have some general questions. Before asking them in the IRC channel, please
read the http://frugalware.org/about[about] page.
=== First read the Frugalware documentation
Before asking a question, first read the Frugalware documentation to be sure
that the answer is not already there. Those who wrote the documentation have
spent quite an amount of time and effort. If your question is answered in the
documentation you'll be told to read it and provided a link. So please - read
the documentation and don't be lazy.
=== Go ahead and ask
Don't first ask if you can ask a question, just go ahead and ask. The worst
that can happen is that you don't get an answer.
== Paste
If you have a few lines of an error message or something similar to show to
others in the channel, don't paste it into the channel. This is because
(1) IRC is slow and (2) it breaks the flow of other peoples' conversations.
Instead, please use our Pastebin, which is available
http://frugalware.org/paste[here].
== Is mxw_ a bot?
Yes, it is. It informs users about new binary packages, manages rights on the
channel and so on. If you want a new feature to be implemented then feel free
to request it at the Frugalware Bug Tracker System (BTS) which is available
http://bugs.frugalware.org[here].
== Bouncers, leaving your client online when you're away
That's not a problem, but please keep in mind the following: if you are away
then you should be able to read back the lines when you were highlighted.
If this is not possible then it's better to quit from the channels, since we
think that we're talking to you while we're talking with /dev/null. Also if
you're online and you have been highlighted and asked, please try to answer.
If you have no time, then a simple
Alex: I don't have time ATM to answer, sorry.
is enough. So that he won't wait for your answer.
== Private messaging
Please do _not_ /msg users unless you first asked for permission to do so.
This is a support channel: you ask in the channel and whoever has the
time/knowledge to answer, he/she will. That the fastest way, believe us.
You should also know that some of us (voroskoi, vmiklos, maybe others too) set
up their clients to ignore msgs on freenode, so you talk to /dev/null when you
/msg to us.
== Logging
All Frugalware channels are logged and public. The logs are linked from the
home page, and the main goal is to allow search engines to index them. If you
don't like this then your only choice is to not join ;-)
== Verbose away messages, away nicks
Please avoid them, doing so makes the signal-to-noise ratio higher.
See the http://sackheads.org/~bnaylor/spew/away_msgs.html[Away messages
suck] article for further reasons.