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Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions?

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On Wednesday 23 January 2013 23:12, Ohmster conveyed the following to 
comp.os.linux.security...

> Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> wrote in news:kd26l0$baq$1@dont-
> email.me:
> 
> [..]
>>> Awesome list, OG. I usually never post Linux questions from
>>> Giganews, the posts go back to 2008 and that is practically useless.
>>> I remember there was a server that was good for this stuff, aoi or
>>> something like that. It was a free public news server that only
>>> carried text articles and was particulary good for Linux questions.
>> 
>> Uhh, no, it's not.  aioe.org is known on Usenet primarily as a
>> gateway for trolls.  Only very few decent posters use it, but due to
>> the troll activity, many regulars filter out anything coming in
>> through that gateway.
> 
> Yeah, that is the one. aioe.org. Trolls you say? Like AC? I have not
> seen or heard from AC for a long, long time and sure do not miss him.
> Alright, nixing aoie.

Nah, I wasn't talking of AC/SL [*], but rather of some rabid Win-droid 
trolls who use it and who nym-shift a lot.

I myself haven't seen AC/SL around for years either.  Maybe he's gone 
off the grid again - he was a survivalist, as I understand it - or maybe 
his ISP/NSP were getting too many complaints about his hostile behavior.  
Or maybe he's gone into drug rehab again. ;-)

[*] For those wondering, AC/SL stands for a netkook - not a troll per
    se, just a rather paranoid and hostile poster - who uses the
    pseudonyms "Alan Connor" and "Sidney Lambe", among others.

>>> I must find that one again and get off giganews for Linux help.
>> 
>> I don't see why Giganews would be bad.  It gives you access to the
>> same active newsgroups as aioe.org, eternal-september.org or any
>> other Usenet gateway.  It's all Usenet, and the most active GNU/Linux
>> groups are carried by all of those news providers.
>> 
> 
> Yes, I will stick with giganews. Thanks!

As it turns out, news.eternal-september.org was having problems 
yesterday, but they appear to be back today.  It happens, but it's 
exceptional.

-- 
= Aragorn =
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

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OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-12 17:25 -0600
  Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-01-13 00:37 +0000
    Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-14 17:56 -0600
      Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-15 01:00 +0100
        Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-23 16:37 -0600
  Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2013-01-13 01:59 +0000
    Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-14 17:54 -0600
      Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-15 01:07 +0100
        Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-23 16:12 -0600
          Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-24 15:16 +0100
      Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2013-01-15 03:14 +0000
        Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-23 16:35 -0600
          Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-24 15:21 +0100
          Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2013-01-24 20:16 +0000

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