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The primary OLPC '''communication channels''' are [[#Mailing lists|mailing lists]], [[#IRC|IRC channels]], and [[#Forums|discussion forums]].
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Our primary communication channels are mail and blogs.
== Mailing lists ==
''see also [[Community mailing lists]]''
See also [[blogs]] for a list of OLPC related blogs and feeds.

The full list of mailing lists is at '''http://lists.laptop.org'''. Sometimes they multiply when one isn't watching.

===Starting a list===
The best way to start a new mailing list is to begin a discussion on a related list that already exists, and once the discussion becomes active, to ask for a separate list for that topic or that sort of traffic. Then create a page here about the list you want to start, with a brief description. Finally, add a link from this page and leave a note for [[User:Sj|sj]] or [[User:Ivan|ivan]].

===Public lists===

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'''General announcements'''
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/community-news Community-news] Weekly community news
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel-machines Devel-machines] OLPC Developer Machine mailing list (''for people with development machines'')

'''General discussion'''
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open Olpc-open] General OLPC community discussion and chit-chat
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots Grassroots] A mailing list connecting all the local communities
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/research Research] Research related to OLPC

'''Country discussions'''
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/argentina Argentina] [no description available]
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/brasil Brasil] OLPC in Brasil
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/egypt-opensource Egypt-opensource] Discussion of open source in Egypt
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india India] OLPC in India
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/nigeria-opensource Nigeria-opensource] Discussion of open source in Nigeria
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/peru Peru] [no description available]

'''Accessibility and other end-use issues'''
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility Accessibility]
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/aop Issues around policy: especially privacy, security, and information-flow]

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'''Software and content development'''
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel Devel] Software development mailing list
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar Sugar] Discussion of OLPC design, desktop platform and user experience
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys Etoys] Discussion of the Etoys multi-media authoring environment on OLPC
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library Library] OLPC content discussions
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/games Games] Games for the OLPC
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization Localization] Localization the OLPC project
'''Hardware and other tech discussions'''
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/security Security] OLPC Security Discussion
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/linux-mm-cc linux-mm-cc] Compressed Caching for Linux
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/networking Networking] Networking the OLPC world

'''Technical announcements'''
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/bugs Bugs] OLPC bugtracker mail
* Commits-kernel Commits list for OLPC kernel; (''rumoured to exist. deprecated?'')
* [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel-boards Devel-boards] OLPC Developer Machine mailing list (''deprecated'')
* Hardware-announce (''rumoured to exist, deprecated.'')
|}

== Chat ==
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Most OLPC chat takes place on IRC (that's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC Internet Relay Chat]). See also the older [[IRC]] page.

=== IRC ===
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IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion 'channels', but allows for personal chat and data transfer as well.

The OLPC Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>''' and <tt>irc.oftc.net</tt> networks. 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.

==== irc.freenode.net channels ====


{|
|-
| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''General:'''
|- 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:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''Primary Community Channels'''
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-groups</tt> || Global channel for all local communities

|-
| colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''Secondary Community Channels, Channels by language''' &mdash; Usually following <tt>#olpc-''xx''</tt> (where ''xx'' is a [[Languages|language code]]).
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-es</tt> || [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]].
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-europe</tt> || Regional discussions for [[OLPC Europe|Europe]]

|-
| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; border:1px solid black;" | '''Other channels''' (less frequented)
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpcaustria</tt> || [[German]] language channel. [[OLPC Austria]] meets here.
|- 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-nl</tt> || [[OLPC Netherlands|the Netherlands]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-pakistan</tt> || [[OLPC Pakistan|Pakistan]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpcph</tt> || [[OLPC Philippines|Philippines]] @ irc.freenode.net
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-ro</tt> || [[OLPC Romania|Romania]]
|- valign="top"
| <tt>#olpc-za</tt> || [[OLPC South Africa|South Africa]]
|}

'''defunct and experimental channels'''

* <tt>#olpc-ko</tt> - [[OLPC Korea|Korea]]
* <tt>#olpc-philippines</tt> || '''[irc://irc.oftc.net/olpc-philippines]''' @ irc.oftc.net
* <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>
* <tt>#OLPC-Dictionary</tt> &mdash; related to the [http://www.omegawiki.org omegawiki.org] children's dictionary for the olpc. ''Inactive'', though MartinMai has been active again recently
* <tt>#tam_tam</tt> &mdash; [[TamTam]] ''Inactive?''
* <tt>#olpc-de</tt> ''inactive?''

==== irc.oftc.net channels ====

* <tt>#olpc-devel</tt> &mdash; for core systems and other development, now that #olpc is truly becoming a general discussion channel
* <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 <b>[http://olpc.osuosl.org/chat Live Web Chat]</b>
# 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. Try [http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/etiquette.html here], [http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ru_chatq.htm here], or [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. A good all-around 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].
#* For IRC on your XO, install the latest '''[[XoIRC]]''' activity.
# Connect to to the above channels, and say hello. (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]].


== Mail ==
We use mail for private messages. See: [[Contact us]].


== Blogs ==
We use a blog for public announcements. See: [[Blogs]].


[[Category:General Public]]
[[Category:General Public]]
[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category:Sugar]]
[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Community]]

=== Other chat services ===
If there are any Skype, AIM, or other chatrooms about OLPC, please list them here.

== Forums ==

There are a number of active OLPC forums, including
* http://olpc.osuosl.org, run by Michael Burns and the OSU OSL team
* http://olpcnews.com/forum/ (infrequented by developers)
* http://olpchelp.org

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Our primary communication channels are mail and blogs.

Mail

We use mail for private messages. See: Contact us.

Blogs

We use a blog for public announcements. See: Blogs.

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