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[prabhakar]

Please can anyone tell me how to get IRC Channel and use it ?

[Carol Smith]

Hi there,

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 4:03 PM, prabhakar <prabhaka...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please  can anyone tell me how to get IRC Channel and use it ?

A google search will probably help you [1].

[1] - https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+use+irc

Cheers,
Carol 

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 19 March 2012 19:03, prabhakar <prabhaka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please  can anyone tell me how to get IRC Channel and use it ?

Which one? IRC is another internet protocol, like the web (http://) or
email (mailto://).

Many free projects hang out in Freenode, which is an IRC network.
Other popular networks for free development are OFTC and Mozilla's and
Gnome's own IRC networks. You need an IRC client to connect to
networks. Popular free IRC clients include Xchat, Colloquy, and
Chatzilla.

Google Summer of Code has its own channel. It's called #gsoc in
Freenode. You need to get an IRC client, connect to Freenode
(irc.freenode.net) and then join the #gsoc channel. In all clients I
can think of, you can first type "/server irc.freenode.net" to connect
to Freenode, and then type the "/join #gsoc" command, in the same
line where you would type your chat lines.

Freenode also has a web client (a client you can use from your web
browser), but if your organisation uses a different IRC network, you
may need to get a general-purpose IRC client that works on any
network:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=gsoc

HTH,
- Jordi G. H.

[Sahil Gill]

1.) First download a IRC client like XChat(on linux) or ChatZilla.

2.) Create a new user and connect to the freenode network

3.) After connecting to freenode join the gsoc channel by typing in ' /join #gsoc ' in the textbox

Or you can follow the instructions here: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Started-with-IRC-(Internet-Relay-Chat) 
:)

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:33 AM, prabhakar <prabhaka...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please  can anyone tell me how to get IRC Channel and use it ?

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[Shakthi Kannan]

Hi,

--- On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:33 AM, prabhakar

<prabhaka...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Please  can anyone tell me how to get IRC Channel and use it ?

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Please refer:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_IRC

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_communicate_using_IRC

SK

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[prabhakar]

thanks to all for valuable suggestions.

On Mar 20, 7:04 am, Shakthi Kannan <shakthim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>

[Shahzad Saeed]

IRC is similar to instant messaging services like Yahoo Chat, Gtalk
etc., the main difference being that it resists spam and other common
security risks. Commonly used IM services, are built to silently
upload files to users computer and execute them on command without the
actual permission of the user. Needless to say that unlike mailing
list IRC is for instantaneous messaging. Open source project use IRC
for communciation

If you are a Windows user, you can download mIRC here:
http://www.mirc.com/get.html or you can download a firefox add on to
chat here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 Without
installing the client software you can chat here.
http://www.webchat.freenode.net/

Once you've installed you are connected to the chat server (e.g.
freenode, hispano etc.). All IRC commands begin with / (slash)

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Important Commands
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/help                  help command.
/list                    provides a list of all current channels .
/list –min 10       Lists all channels with 10 or more members .
/join #name        Command to join the channel #name.
/part #name        Command to leave the channel #name .
/quit                   Exit the IRC session .

Wishing you a successful GSoC ahead

--
Shahzad Saeed
Blog: www.TechandProject.com
Author of "Definitive Guide to Google Summer of Code" ebook (Old GSoC students recommended):
www.GSoCguide.com