Alpine Linux:IRC: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:49, 21 February 2025

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.
#alpine-infra: For discussion of Alpine Linux Infrastructure and the Team.
#alpine-security: For discussion of Alpine Linux Security and the Team.

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

IRC logs

Archived IRC messages are maintained by at https://irclogs.alpinelinux.org.

Tip: To search the contents of the IRC archive from your favourite search engine, append site:irclogs.alpinelinux.org before your search string.

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 in Alpine Linux. Here are some popular clients:

Also see Wikipedia's comparison of IRC clients.

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-Alpine Linux have registered the following 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.
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-infra #alpine-infra]
+: For discussion of Alpine Linux Infrastructure and the Team.
+;[ircs://irc.oftc.net/alpine-security #alpine-security]
+: For discussion of Alpine Linux Security and the Team.
+Feel free to join and chat! Please be patient when asking questions, it may take a while for someone to answer.
+== IRC logs ==
+Archived IRC messages are maintained by at https://irclogs.alpinelinux.org.
+{{Tip| To search the contents of the IRC archive from your favourite search engine, append '''site:irclogs.alpinelinux.org''' before your search string.}}
+== New to IRC? ==
-Please be patient when asking questions there. Might take a while for someone to answer.
+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.
-If you are new to IRC and would like to try it out, you can use [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode webchat]. Make sure you use one of the above channels.
+Also see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial Wikipedia's IRC tutorial].
 == Clients ==
-There are several clients available to join the IRC network. Please install one and get by.
-: irssi
+There are several free IRC clients available in Alpine Linux. Here are some popular clients:
-: weechat
-: xchat
+* [https://irssi.org/ Irssi]
+* [https://weechat.org/ WeeChat]
+* [https://hexchat.github.io/ HexChat]
+* [http://www.eterna23.net/ircii/ ircii]
+* [https://pidgin.im/ Pidgin]
+Also see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients Wikipedia's comparison of IRC clients].