Alpine Linux:IRC: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:10, 5 February 2022

Channels

Alpine Linux has registered the following channels on the OFTC IRC network:

#alpine-linux: For general discussion and quick support questions.
#alpine-devel: For discussion of Alpine Linux development and developer support.
#alpine-docs: For discussion of Alpine Linux documentation.
#alpine-offtopic: For general chitchat.
#alpine-cloud: For discussion of Alpine Linux Cloud images
#alpine-commits: Bot posts information about commits and builds in this channel

Feel free to join and chat! Please be patient when asking questions, it may take a while for someone to answer.

New to IRC?

If you are new to IRC and would like to try it out in your browser, see OFTC Web IRC. Make sure you specify one of the above channels when you connect.

Also see Wikipedia's IRC tutorial.

Clients

There are several free IRC clients available. Here are some popular clients:

Also see Wikipedia's comparison of IRC clients.

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-Alpine Linux have registered the follwing channels on [http://freenode.net/ FreeNode]:
+== Channels ==
-;[irc://irc.freenode.net/alpine-linux #alpine-linux]
+Alpine Linux has registered the following channels on the [https://www.oftc.net/ OFTC] IRC network:
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-linux #alpine-linux]
 : For general discussion and quick support questions.
-;[irc://irc.freenode.net/alpine-devel #alpine-devel]
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-devel #alpine-devel]
-: For disussion of Alpine Linux development and developer support.
+: For discussion of Alpine Linux development and developer support.
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-docs #alpine-docs]
+: For discussion of Alpine Linux documentation.
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-offtopic #alpine-offtopic]
+: For general chitchat.
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-cloud #alpine-cloud]
+: For discussion of Alpine Linux Cloud images
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-commits #alpine-commits]
+: Bot posts information about commits and builds in this channel
+Feel free to join and chat! Please be patient when asking questions, it may take a while for someone to answer.
+== New to IRC? ==
+If you are new to IRC and would like to try it out in your browser, see [https://webchat.oftc.net/ OFTC Web IRC]. Make sure you specify one of the above channels when you connect.
+Also see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial Wikipedia's IRC tutorial].
+== Clients ==
+There are several free IRC clients available. Here are some popular clients:
+* [https://irssi.org/ Irssi]
+* [https://weechat.org/ WeeChat]
+* [https://hexchat.github.io/ HexChat]
+* [http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/ ircII]
+* [https://pidgin.im/ Pidgin]
-Please be patient when asking questions there. Might take a while for someone to answer.
+Also see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients Wikipedia's comparison of IRC clients].