[ale] IRC and directory structure questions

[Matty]

What IRC client do most ppl use? I have become a huge
fan of epic. BitchX is cool, but people seem to find
a lot of buffer overflows with their code base. Any
other notable clients?

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 18:35, synco gibraldter wrote:
> 
> 
> for me, efnet is the best-- it's the internet's playground.  they don't
> have all the bs like channel 'ownership' and nick monopolies.  efnet has
> any type of channel you could want... if you're looking for a big network,
> efnet is the best.  www.efnet.org.
> 
> i run a small irc net called xodarap [irc.xodarap.net] and we have some
> technical people, but we are very small.  feel free to come check it out..
> we *do* use the bs services [which i absolutely hate, but users on small
> networks seem to demand them].
> 
> as far as the directories and file locations, it's all a matter of
> preference for the most part.  on my own system, i like to keep my home
> directory relatively clean.. i download to it, but move things to where
> they need to go soon after.  when i install new packages, it's always in
> /usr/local/src/package and my own system scripts and binaries always go in
> /usr/local/bin.  after installation, i leave all the sources in
> /usr/local/src in case i ever need to look back at the source or
> documentation and i delete the archives.  this works well for me, but it
> really is just a matter of organization and you should do whatever makes
> the most sense to you.
> 
> peace,
> synco g.
> 
> ------------------
> synco at xodarap.net
> the xodarap network [what you thought?]
> atl,georgia
> http://news.xodarap.net
> irc://irc.xodarap.net
> 
> On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Matthew Brown wrote:
> 
> > 1.    Do any of you IRC much?  Where is a good place to go for this -
> > that doesn't have all the porn/file sharing/etc.  I am mainly interested
> > in technical IRC.
> >
> > 2.    Is there an accepted standard for laying out files in a directory
> > structure?  For example, say I have a .tar.gz file I want to download.
> > It is, say, vmware-yada-yada.tar.gz.  Where would you put it?  ~/...?
> > Where do you install it to?    /usr/...?
> >
> > 3.    Now let's talk about the actual data files for something like
> > vmware...  These would need to be shared for many users.  Would it go
> > under /opt/... or /var/...?
> >
> > Coming from the Windows background, this issue has always confused me.
> > I suppose I could have created my own set of directories, but that would
> > create more mayhem!
> >
> > Hope you're having a great day!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Matthew Brown, President
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> >
> >
> 
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