Dne pátek 27. května 2022 14:17:13 CEST, Syds Bearda napsal(a):
I don't find IRC sufficient as it does not safe the answers when you're not connected to the server anymore.
How can you expect someone to login, ask the question and keep staying logged in till the question has been sufficiently answered or the conversation you were participating in has died out, to wait to logout again.
I've used ICQ (#28540010 if you want to message me :) as it still exists..), MSN messenger, IRC all in the early '00's, but I'm really happy that we just use Matrix, Telegram or Discord to keep track of the conversation when I'm not online.
Starting up and joining the server/channel is not the issue, keeping track of the conversation is.
/Syds
If you need an answer, you should just wait and learn something from the other questions asked in the meantime. Or do some googling in the meantime and often you will find the answer yourself - by which you also learn (to search correctly). Or just close the Konversation (or any other IRC client) to systray and let it notify you when there is a reply. Or do you ask a question and just turn off your computer, or leave in the middle of a "support" session with someone? That's not very polite, considering he does it at the expense of his own time, for free, isn't it? Also, you cannot expect anyone to just rush to his computer to be able to answer you as fast as he can. It's all about respect and choice. Linux is not free after all. It does not cost you money, but it costs you learning, so in the end, you save some money _AND_ learn something new - that is a double win IMHO :). Maybe for the impatient ones - what about setting up IRC logs like other projets do? For example Ubuntu [1], even if I hate giving Ubuntu as an example, they have this sorted out and it could help us improve the situation. But it is always still better to just wait, since the person that is trying to help you will ask you some questions most of the time and this is consistent across all networks. Or do you want him to wait for you to come online to help you? My ICQ is 163855469 and my Jabber is gryffus@jabber.hkfree.org, but i guess contacting me via IRC or email is just easier :) [1] https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ Regards, Gryffus