IRC

You've probably been sent here for making a booboo on Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

IRC:1 Search first, ask last.

IRC:2 U.S. Politics

IRC:3 Asking to ask

IRC:4 Wrong channel

IRC:5 LART

IRC:6 Search that question/term

IRC:7 Don't private message a stranger

IRC:8 Long URL

IRC:9 Clarify your question

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Internet:Help Process

Irc::Wishlist

IRC

Many of the editors of this [Wiki] hang out, or at least lurk, in the #unixhelp IRC channel on EFNet. Anyone is welcome to join the channel and ask questions (but please have a look at the several items in the list above first!).

If you have not used IRC before, you will need to obtain a client (see the list below), and connect to an IRC server. Using irc.efnet.net should connect you to one of several available servers.

Clients

For UBOs: xchat is the most popular GUI client. Some ncurses based clients are: irssi, epic, and BitchX

For Windows: Mirc is by far the most popular. Perch is another example.