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=== Channels === |
=== Channels === |
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* <tt>#olpc</tt> — general contact point for all things olpc |
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* <tt>#olpc</tt> — Contact point for all things olpc, ''and'' the core hardware development team's own channel. Picture a room where the knowledgeable core people are hard at work. It is a good place for authoritative answers, but people may be out, or too busy to respond, or don't want interruptions at the moment. #olpc-content is a good place to ask questions first. |
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*:While a general contact point, it does not currently seem a place for general discussion. Its current primary role seems to be support of the core olpc team, and other use appears brief and discouraged. Understandably - clutter would interfere with that role. There does not currently appear to be a channel for general community formation (aka chatting) and discussion. #olpc-content is sometimes used, but has a ''much'' smaller population. This seems a significant problem, but I'm unclear on how to address it. [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 08:15, 4 June 2007 (EDT) |
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* <tt>#sugar</tt> — [[Sugar]] development. |
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* <tt>#olpc-content</tt> — [[content]] related matters and discussion. |
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* <tt>#olpc-es</tt> — [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]]. |
* <tt>#olpc-es</tt> — [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]]. |
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* <tt>#olpc-peru</tt> — [[OLPC Peru|Peru]] and [[OLPC Spanish America]] subjects (most likely to be in [[Spanish]]) |
* <tt>#olpc-peru</tt> — [[OLPC Peru|Peru]] and [[OLPC Spanish America]] subjects (most likely to be in [[Spanish]]) |
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* <tt>#olpc-ro</tt> — [[OLPC Romania]] |
* <tt>#olpc-ro</tt> — [[OLPC Romania]] |
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=== other channels === |
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* <tt>#OLPC-Dictionary</tt> — related to the [http://www.omegawiki.org omegawiki.org] children's dictionary for the olpc |
* <tt>#OLPC-Dictionary</tt> — related to the [http://www.omegawiki.org omegawiki.org] children's dictionary for the olpc |
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* <tt>#tam_tam</tt> — [[TamTam]] ''(Inactive?)'' |
* <tt>#tam_tam</tt> — [[TamTam]] ''(Inactive?)'' |
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| ⚫ | * <tt>#olpc-talk</tt> — If <tt>#olpc</tt> is a room where people are working, then <tt>#olpc-talk</tt> is the hallway where conversation can be moved when it gets noisy or random, or folks just want focus on work. ''(Created 2007-06-04. Didn't draw much traffic. #olpc-content remains the main discussion venue. If/when that get's too noisy, #olpc-talk can be resurrected.)'' |
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[[Category:General Public]] |
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Revision as of 00:30, 26 June 2007
- Wikipedia
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication and data transfers via private message.
- IRC was created by Jarkko "WiZ" Oikarinen in late August 1988 to replace a program called MUT (MultiUser talk) on a BBS called OuluBox in Finland. Oikarinen found inspiration in a chat system known as Bitnet Relay, which operated on the BITNET.
- IRC gained prominence when it was used to report on the Soviet coup attempt of 1991 throughout a media blackout. It was previously used in a similar fashion by Kuwaitis during the Iraqi invasion. Relevant logs are available from ibiblio archive.
- IRC client software is available for virtually every computer operating system.
This article contains content from a Wikipedia article which is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
The OLPC Community uses a series of channels in the irc.freenode.net network.
Channels
Primary:
- #olpc — Contact point for all things olpc, and the core hardware development team's own channel. Picture a room where the knowledgeable core people are hard at work. It is a good place for authoritative answers, but people may be out, or too busy to respond, or don't want interruptions at the moment. #olpc-content is a good place to ask questions first.
- #sugar — Sugar development.
- #olpc-content — content related matters and discussion.
Smaller: #olpc-xx (where xx is a language code), and #olpc-country.
- #olpc-es — Spanish language channel. Mostly OLPC Spanish America.
- #olpc-peru — Peru and OLPC Spanish America subjects (most likely to be in Spanish)
- #olpc-brasil — Brazil (note the spelling with the 's' - português)
- #olpc-ro — OLPC Romania
other channels
Experimental:
- #olpc-wiki — geared towards issues or subjects relative to the wiki itself (Created around 20 June.)
- #olpc-l10n — has Localization as its focus (Created around 20 June.)
Inactive:
- #OLPC-Dictionary — related to the omegawiki.org children's dictionary for the olpc
- #tam_tam — TamTam (Inactive?)
- #olpc-talk — If #olpc is a room where people are working, then #olpc-talk is the hallway where conversation can be moved when it gets noisy or random, or folks just want focus on work. (Created 2007-06-04. Didn't draw much traffic. #olpc-content remains the main discussion venue. If/when that get's too noisy, #olpc-talk can be resurrected.)