Internet Relay Chat | Red Hat Fedora 4 Unleashed

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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a popular form and forum of communication for many Red Hat Linux developers and users because it allows an interactive, real-time exchange of information and ideas. To use IRC, you must have an IRC client and the address of a network and server hosting the desired chat channel for your discussions.

You can use the irc.freenode.net IRC server, or one listed at http://www.freenode.net/ to chat with other Fedora Project users. Two current channels are

#fedora channel General chat about Fedora
#fedora-devel Hangout for a number of Fedora Project developers

One comprehensive list of active Linux-related IRC channels can be found at http://www.helsinki.fi/~rvaranka/Computer/Linux/IRC.shtml. To get help with getting started with IRC, browse to http://www.irchelp.org/. Some of the channels of interest might be

#linux General discussions about Linux
#linuxhelp A help chat discussion for new users

Most IRC networks provide one or more Linux channels, although some providers require sign up and registration before you can access any chat channel.

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