[ubuntu-us-nc] IRC etiquette

[Alex Netherton]

If you could be so kind, please post the URL for the IRC channel for 
Ubuntu. I am thinking of downloading the latest WUBI again and playing 
with it, and might enjoy this chat.

Alex Netherton
Asheville, NC
danetherton at charter.net
http://blueridgediscovery.com



Dewey Hylton wrote:
> sorry you feel you've gotten a less than warming welcome; i'm betting it wasn't intentional, at least not with our particular group. we don't congregate to give folks a hard time - we congregate because we have ubuntu in common. if you have, use or have at least heard of ubuntu, you're already technically a member of the group because you're part of the local community. :)
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> login to irc and start asking questions. someone will eventually be out of a meeting long enough to answer. you might even end up in a decent conversation. and it might not even be related to ubuntu. :)
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> as for your irc nick ... i've seen names from movies, funny-sounding acronyms, you name it. a variety of generators can be found online as well. for example, i just found one that generates elven names. if that kind of thing suits you, i dub thee "TholanGai" ... or you could always pick something related to what makes you unique, as that'll be easier to remember and will make sense to folks after they've gotten to know you. 
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> for example, i restore and drive (old) aircooled volkswagens when i have (har, har) free time. the most popular have always been the beetles, which most folks call bugs. i didn't like "bug" by itself but wanted to use it in my irc nick - and thus BugeyeD was born. it's neither c00l nor l33t, but it works for me and is unique enough to not have caused confusion so far.
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> hope to see ya in irc soon, TholanGai. :)
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> On Jan 12, 2010, at 9:46 PM, John Ghormley wrote:
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>> Moss,
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>> Thanks for expressing this and requesting the resources.  Like you, I was in on the first part of the meeting, but felt completely overwhelmed by the jargon I didn't know and the abject pointlessness of my presence in that meeting.  Now, to be totally honest, I did have an on-line class I had to attend at 8pm, so I had to leave a bit before then for that reason.  However, my desire to be  involved with the Ubuntu groups is meeting with less than a warming welcome, so I appreciate knowing there is someone else what may have similar feelings.  Frankly, I think my knowledge and ability to contribute may be totally eclipsed by the current and knowledgeable membership.  But, like you again, maybe a bit more reading can salvage it all for me.
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>> Thanks,
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>> John Ghormley
>> Walkertown, NC
>> (Gee, I wish I could come up with a clever IRC nick)
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>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Moss Bliss <zaivalananda at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Could someone please send me the normal etiquette for IRC?  I haven't used it for a decade and apparently have forgotten everything... I was in at the start of the last meeting, and felt so out of place I left early...  I may still feel out of place once I get the hang of IRC, but that will be one less thing to feel uncomfortable about.
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>> Hugs,
>> Moss
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