Alpine Linux:IRC: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:37, 8 September 2017

Channels

Alpine Linux have registered the following channels on the FreeNode IRC network:

#alpine-linux: For general discussion and quick support questions.
#alpine-devel: For disussion of Alpine Linux development and developer support.
#alpine-offtopic: For general chitchat.

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 freenode 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:

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 ==
+Alpine Linux have registered the following channels on the [http://freenode.net/ FreeNode] IRC network:
 ;[irc://irc.freenode.net/alpine-linux #alpine-linux]
 : For general discussion and quick support questions.
 ;[irc://irc.freenode.net/alpine-devel #alpine-devel]
 : For disussion of Alpine Linux development and developer support.
+;[irc://irc.freenode.net/alpine-offtopic #alpine-offtopic]
+: For general chitchat.
-Please be patient when asking questions there. Might take a while for someone to answer.
+Feel free to join and chat! Please be patient when asking questions, it may take a while for someone to answer.
-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.
+== New to IRC? ==
+If you are new to IRC and would like to try it out in your browser, see [http://webchat.freenode.net/ freenode 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 clients available to join the IRC network. Please install one and get by.
-* irssi
+There are several free IRC clients available:
-* weechat
-* xchat
+* [https://irssi.org/ Irssi]
-* ircii
+* [https://weechat.org/ WeeChat]
-* pidgin
+* [https://hexchat.github.io/ HexChat]
-* ''other...''
+* [http://www.eterna.com.au/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].