Stay on topic

The channel is called ``#Linux'', so questions about other operating systems will at least be frowned upon, and you should certainly not expect that anyone will be willing to answer them. Questions about Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT related products will at best be ignored. You can expect rude remarks going your way if you ask such a question. (We're not childish, but let's face it: usually such things are the results of trolls trying to start an OS war.)

Questions about other UNIX-like OSes, like Solaris, IRIX, or even BSD are generally tolerated and may even be answered by people who have experience with that particular UNIX. Remember, this is #linux so we claim to know linux, not unicos (or whatever), so your mileage may vary. You're probably better off asking a group that deals specifically with those OSes, anyway (#windows{95,98,2000,NT,XP}, #beos, #qnx, #{free,open,net}bsd, #unix).

Though we do like a nice discussion at times, we're not #philosophy, #politics, #sex or #LetsBashARandomGroupOfPeople either...keep your feelings about any of such subject to yourself, and try not let someone provoke you to useless discussions. We (the channel operators) will step in if required, even when participating in said discussions.