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{{ WikipediaSummary | wikipage=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat | summary=Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time real-time] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Internet] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chat chat] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_conferencing synchronous conferencing]. It is mainly designed for group ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-to-many many-to-many]) communication in discussion forums called ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room channels]'', but also allows [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-to-one_(communication) one-to-one communication] and data transfers via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging private message]. |
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients IRC client] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software software] is available for virtually every computer operating system.}} |
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== irc.freenode.net == |
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The OLPC Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>''' network. Check {{tl|User irc}} to see how to register your participation in the [[IRC]] channels within the wiki, and to find the category where users are registered. |
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=== Channels === |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Primary:''' |
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| width=200px | <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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| <tt>#sugar</tt> || [[Sugar]] development. |
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| <tt>#olpc-content</tt> || [[content]] related matters and general discussion. |
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| <tt>#schoolserver</tt> || '''Note:''' irc.oftc.net |
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| <tt>#olpc-meeting</tt> || OLPC meeting, developer's meeting room |
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| <tt>#olpc-help</tt> || Help channel |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Secondary channels''' — Usually following <tt>#olpc-''xx''</tt> (where ''xx'' is a [[Languages|language code]]), or <tt>#olpc-''[[:Category:Countries|country]]''</tt>. |
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| colspan=2 style="background:#efefef; " | '''Secondary by [[language]] used:''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-es</tt> || [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]]. |
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| colspan=2 style="background:#efefef; " | '''Secondary by [[:Category:Countries|country]] interest:''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-peru</tt> || [[OLPC Peru|Peru]] and [[OLPC Spanish America]] subjects (most likely to be in [[Spanish]]) |
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| <tt>#olpc-brasil</tt> || [[OLPC Brazil|Brazil]] (note the spelling with the 's' - [[portuguese|português]]) |
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| <tt>#olpc-co</tt> || [[OLPC Colombia|Colombia]] |
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| <tt>#olpc-ko</tt> || [[OLPC Korea|Korea]] |
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| <tt>#olpcph</tt> || [[OLPC Philippines|Philippines]] - '''[irc://irc.oftc.net/olpc-philippines]''' '''Note:''' Hosted @ irc.freenode.net |
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| <tt>#olpc-philippines</tt> || [[OLPC Philippines|Philippines]] - '''[irc://irc.oftc.net/olpc-philippines]''' '''Note:''' Hosted @ irc.oftc.net |
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| <tt>#olpc-ro</tt> || [[OLPC Romania|Romania]] |
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| <tt>#olpc-za</tt> || [[OLPC South Africa|South Africa]] |
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=== other channels === |
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Experimental: |
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* <tt>#olpc-wiki</tt> — geared towards issues or subjects relative to the [[wiki]] itself ''(Created around 20 June.)'' |
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* <tt>#olpc-l10n</tt> — has [[Localization]] as its focus ''(Created around 20 June.)'' — '''dropped in october''' due to low traffic and overlap with <tt>#olpc-content</tt> |
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Inactive: |
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* <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?)'' |
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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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== irc.oftc.net == |
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* <tt>#schoolserver</tt> — dedicated to the [[School server]] |
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* <tt>#debian-olpc</tt> — dedicated to porting Debian to the XO |
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== How to use irc channels == |
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# If you don't know what IRC is, now is a good time to find out. It stands for Internet Relay Chat, and is basically... a chatroom. Some helpful resources are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat here], [http://www.mirc.com/irc.html here], and especially [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html this tutorial], which also includes basic commands. |
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# Learn about IRC etiquette. Some good reads are [http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/etiquette.html here], [http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ru_chatq.htm here], and [http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/IRC_Etiquette here]. |
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# Review the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients software client list]. Pick one, download, install. If you haven't used IRC before, a good choice is [http://www.xchat.org/ Xchat], which works on both Linux and Windows; Linuxchix has a good [http://www.linuxchix.org/connecting-linuxchix-irc-using-xchat.html tutorial]. |
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# Connect to to one or more of the above mentioned channels, and join us! (To do this, choose irc.freenode.net as your server, and then /join a channel... if you're new to IRC, the [irc://freenode/#olpc-content #olpc-content] channel is probably the place you want to go first). |
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# Note [[OLPC growing pains]]. |
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== Using IRC on your XO == |
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See [[XoIRC]]. |
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[[Category:General Public]] |
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[[Category:Developers]] |
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[[Category:Sugar]] |
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[[Category:Community]] |
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