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Debian and its support are run by a
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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; irclL; irssi, epic5
and KVIc; 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 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:
Iconnect irc.debian.org
Once you are connected, join channel #debian by typing
Ijoin #debian
Note: clients like HexChat often have
different; graphical user interface for joining
may
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