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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].

[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 ==

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.

=== Channels ===

{|
|-
| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Primary:'''
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-help</tt> || Community help. If you need help using your XO, and you haven't asked anywhere else: try here first.
|- valign="top"
| 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. '''Consider going to #olpc-help first.'''
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#sugar</tt> || [[Sugar]] development.
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-content</tt> || [[content]] related matters and general discussion.
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#schoolserver</tt> || '''Note:''' irc.oftc.net
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-meeting</tt> || OLPC meeting, developer's meeting room

|-
| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Secondary channels''' &mdash; Usually following <tt>#olpc-''xx''</tt> (where ''xx'' is a [[Languages|language code]]), or <tt>#olpc-''[[:Category:Countries|country]]''</tt>.
|- valign="top"
| colspan=2 style="background:#efefef; " | '''Secondary by [[language]] used:'''
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpcaustria</tt> || [[German]] language channel. [[OLPC Austria]] meets here.
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-es</tt> || [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]].
|- valign="top"
| colspan=2 style="background:#efefef; " | '''Secondary by [[:Category:Countries|country]] interest:'''
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-peru</tt> || [[OLPC Peru|Peru]] and [[OLPC Spanish America]] subjects (most likely to be in [[Spanish]])
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-brasil</tt> || [[OLPC Brazil|Brazil]] (note the spelling with the 's' - [[portuguese|português]])
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-co</tt> || [[OLPC Colombia|Colombia]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-ko</tt> || [[OLPC Korea|Korea]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-nl</tt> || [[OLPC Netherlands|the Netherlands]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-pakistan</tt> || [[OLPC Pakistan|Pakistan]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpcph</tt> || [[OLPC Philippines|Philippines]] - '''[irc://irc.oftc.net/olpc-philippines]''' '''Note:''' Hosted @ irc.freenode.net

|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-philippines</tt> || [[OLPC Philippines|Philippines]] - '''[irc://irc.oftc.net/olpc-philippines]''' '''Note:''' Hosted @ irc.oftc.net
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-ro</tt> || [[OLPC Romania|Romania]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-za</tt> || [[OLPC South Africa|South Africa]]
|}

=== other channels ===
Experimental:
* <tt>#olpc-wiki</tt> &mdash; geared towards issues or subjects relative to the [[wiki]] itself ''(Created around 20 June.)''
* <tt>#olpc-l10n</tt> &mdash; has [[Localization]] as its focus ''(Created around 20 June.)'' &mdash; '''dropped in october''' due to low traffic and overlap with <tt>#olpc-content</tt>

Inactive:
* <tt>#OLPC-Dictionary</tt> &mdash; related to the [http://www.omegawiki.org omegawiki.org] children's dictionary for the olpc
* <tt>#tam_tam</tt> &mdash; [[TamTam]] ''(Inactive?)''
* <tt>#olpc-talk</tt> &mdash; 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.)''

== irc.oftc.net ==

* <tt>#schoolserver</tt> &mdash; dedicated to the [[School server]]
* <tt>#debian-olpc</tt> &mdash; dedicated to porting Debian to the XO

== How to use irc channels ==

# Visit the [http://olpc.osuosl.org/chat live web chat]
# If you don't know what IRC is, now is a good time to find out. It stands for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Internet Relay Chat], and is a chatroom protocol used on the Internet. Some helpful resources are [http://www.mirc.com/irc.html here], and [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html this tutorial], which also includes basic commands.
# 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].
# 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].
# 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-help #olpc-help] channel is probably the place you want to go first).
# Note [[OLPC growing pains]].

== Using IRC on your XO ==

See [[XoIRC]].


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