Search Blog Micronews Planet debian support Support Debian and its support are run by community of volunteers. If this community-driven support doesn't fulfil your needs, you may read our documentation or hire a consultant: On-line Real Time Using IRC Mailing lists Usenet newsgroups Web sites Reaching Package Maintainers The Bug Tracking System Documentation Consultants Known problems 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 QEIC: To connect; you need an IRC client: Some of the most popular clients are HexChat; ircll; irssi, epic5 and KVIrc; all of which have been packaged for Debian. OFTC also offers WebChat web interface which allows you to connect to IRC with a browser without the need to install any 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: iserver irc debian org In some clients (such as irssi) you will need to type this instead: {connect irc debian.ora Help