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On-line Real Time Help Using IRC
RC (Internet Relay_Chat) is a way to chat with people from all over the world in real time. IRC channels dedicated to Debian can be
found on OFIC
To connect; you need an IRC client: Some of the most popular clients are HexChat; ircl;, irssi, epic5 and KVIrc, all of which have been
packaged for Debian. OFTC also offers a WebChat web interface which allows you to connect to IRC with a browser without the need to
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local client 
Once you have the client installed_
you need to tell it to connect to the server: In most clients
you can do that by typing:
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