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=== IRC channels === |
=== IRC channels === |
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'''general discussion about the project''' |
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* <tt>#olpc</tt>, for discussion of anything related to OLPC, including local events and news |
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* <tt>#olpc-help</tt>, for newbies and those getting started with their own [[XO]]s |
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* <tt>#olpc-es</tt>, for spanish-language discussion, including discussion of [[OLPC Peru]], [[Uruguay]], and [[Mexico]] |
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* <tt>#olpc-de</tt>, for german-language discussion |
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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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'''development and participation''' |
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* <tt>#sugar</tt> |
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* <tt>#olpc-content</tt> |
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* <tt>#schoolserver</tt>, which should perhaps be renamed to #olpc-schoolserver... |
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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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'''other''' |
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* separate small channels appear from time to time for meetings, [[pootle]] and localization, and more. |
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==== irc.freenode.net channels ==== |
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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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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Primary:''' |
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| <tt>#olpc-help</tt> || Community help. If you need help using your XO, and you haven't asked anywhere else: try here first. |
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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. '''Consider going to #olpc-help 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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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Channels by language''' — Usually following <tt>#olpc-''xx''</tt> (where ''xx'' is a [[Languages|language code]]). |
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| <tt>#olpc-es</tt> || [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]]. |
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| <tt>#olpc-de</tt> || [[German]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Germany]] and [[OLPC Austria]]. |
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| colspan=2 style="background:lightgray; " | '''Secondary channels''' — Usually following <tt>#olpc-''[[:Category:Countries|country]]''</tt>. |
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| <tt>#olpcaustria</tt> || [[German]] language channel. [[OLPC Austria]] meets here. |
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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-nl</tt> || [[OLPC Netherlands|the Netherlands]] |
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| <tt>#olpc-pakistan</tt> || [[OLPC Pakistan|Pakistan]] |
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| <tt>#olpcph</tt> || [[OLPC Philippines|Philippines]] @ irc.freenode.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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'''defunct and experimental channels''' |
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* <tt>#olpc-philippines</tt> || '''[irc://irc.oftc.net/olpc-philippines]''' @ irc.oftc.net |
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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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* <tt>#OLPC-Dictionary</tt> — related to the [http://www.omegawiki.org omegawiki.org] children's dictionary for the olpc. ''Inactive'', though MartinMai has been active again recently |
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* <tt>#tam_tam</tt> — [[TamTam]] ''Inactive?'' |
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==== irc.oftc.net channels ==== |
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* <tt>#olpc-devel</tt> — for core systems and other development, now that #olpc is truly becoming a general discussion channel |
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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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# Visit the [http://olpc.osuosl.org/chat live web chat] |
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# 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. |
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# 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]. |
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# 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]. |
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#* For IRC on your XO, install the latest '''[[XoIRC]]''' activity. |
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# 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). |
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# Note [[OLPC growing pains]]. |
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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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=== Other chat services === |
=== Other chat services === |
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Revision as of 16:55, 25 December 2007
The primary OLPC communication channels are mailing lists, IRC channels, and discussion forums.
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 sj or ivan.
Public lists
Country discussions
- Argentina [no description available]
- Brasil OLPC in Brasil
- Egypt-opensource Discussion of open source in Egypt
- India OLPC in India
- Nigeria-opensource Discussion of open source in Nigeria
- Peru [no description available]
General discussion
Software and content development
- Devel Software development mailing list
- Sugar Discussion of OLPC design, desktop platform and user experience
- Etoys Discussion of the Etoys multi-media authoring environment on OLPC
- Library OLPC content discussions
- Games Games for the OLPC
- Localization Localization the OLPC project
Accessibility and other end-use issues
Hardware and other tech discussions
- Security OLPC Security Discussion
- linux-mm-cc Compressed Caching for Linux
- Networking Networking the OLPC world
- Commits-kernel Commits list for OLPC kernel NOT FOUND
- Bugs OLPC bugtracker mail
News and announcements
- Community-news Weekly community news
- Devel-boards OLPC Developer Machine mailing list (deprecated)
- Devel-machines OLPC Developer Machine mailing list (for people with development machines)
- Hardware-announce (rumoured to exist, deprecated?)
Chat
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</imagemap>Most OLPC chat takes place on IRC (that's Internet Relay Chat). See also the older IRC page.
IRC channels
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 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.
irc.freenode.net channels
The OLPC Community uses a series of channels in the irc.freenode.net network. Check {{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.
| Primary: | |
| #olpc-help | Community help. If you need help using your XO, and you haven't asked anywhere else: try here first. |
| #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. Consider going to #olpc-help first. |
| #sugar | Sugar development. |
| #olpc-content | content related matters and general discussion. |
| #schoolserver | Note: irc.oftc.net |
| #olpc-meeting | OLPC meeting, developer's meeting room |
| Channels by language — Usually following #olpc-xx (where xx is a language code). | |
| #olpc-es | Spanish language channel. Mostly OLPC Spanish America. |
| #olpc-de | German language channel. Mostly OLPC Germany and OLPC Austria. |
| Secondary channels — Usually following #olpc-country. | |
| #olpcaustria | German language channel. OLPC Austria meets here. |
| #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-co | Colombia |
| #olpc-nl | the Netherlands |
| #olpc-pakistan | Pakistan |
| #olpcph | Philippines @ irc.freenode.net |
| #olpc-ro | Romania |
| #olpc-za | South Africa |
defunct and experimental channels
- #olpc-ko - Korea
- #olpc-philippines || [3] @ irc.oftc.net
- #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.) — dropped in october due to low traffic and overlap with #olpc-content
- #OLPC-Dictionary — related to the omegawiki.org children's dictionary for the olpc. Inactive, though MartinMai has been active again recently
- #tam_tam — TamTam Inactive?
irc.oftc.net channels
- #olpc-devel — for core systems and other development, now that #olpc is truly becoming a general discussion channel
- #schoolserver — dedicated to the School server
- #debian-olpc — dedicated to porting Debian to the XO
How to use irc channels
- Visit the live web chat
- Some helpful resources are here, and this tutorial, which also includes basic commands.
- Learn about IRC etiquette. Try here, here, or here.
- Review the software client list. Pick one, download, install. A good all-around choice is Xchat, which works on both Linux and Windows; Linuxchix has a good 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 #olpc-help channel is probably the place you want to go first).
- Note OLPC growing pains.
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://www.xohelp.org