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=== Getting Started with IRC ===
During the Spring 2010 semester, 40 first-year students from [http://www.allegheny.edu/ Allegheny College] dove into the Fedora project. Specifically, with the help of the excellent people on the Marketing and Design teams, they engaged in their first experience as open source contributors, learning about blogging, wikis, IRC, and how to create positive change as part of a worldwide community.


For the next four weeks, we'll be using IRC as part of our classroom communications. There are two channels you'll want to make use of:
Their weblogs can be found at [http://act.ivism.org act.ivism.org], and they have a [http://act.ivism.org/planet.xml feed of all of their posts] generated by [http://offog.org/code/rawdog.html rawdog].


* <code>#fedora-mktg</code> is where the Fedora project marketing team hangs out.
== Logistics ==
* <code>#allegheny</code> is where we will hang out.
* [[Allegheny Activism: Team Assignments]]
* [[Allegheny Activism: Release party visit scheduling]]


To get started with IRC, you'll want to do the following:
== Resources ==
* [[Allegheny Activism: IRC Setup]]
* [[Allegheny Activism: Fedora 13 and VirtualBox]]
* [[Allegheny Activism: 2010-04-06 log]]


# Download and install [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin].
== Things to Read ==
# Set up Pidgin for use with IRC. This [http://thecyberian.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/irc-tutorial-how-to-set-up-pidgin-in-5-easy-steps/ blog post] should help. Ask for help if you get stuck, or team up with a friend to figure this out.
* ['''April 1, 2010'''] Mel wrote a [http://blog.melchua.com/2010/04/01/planet-posts-for-allegheny-students/ blog post] introducing you to the Fedora "planet." That is, the aggregator for lots of weblogs about Fedora. We have one as well, as you may recall: the [http://act.ivism.org/blogs/pulse act.ivism pulse].
# Choose a username. Mine is <code>jadudm</code>. You might choose something related to your own username, or something else entirely. (Remember, it is how people will recognize you online.)
# In Pidgin, choose "Join a Chat" from the "Conversation" menu. It will let you choose a channel to join. I chose <code>#allegheny</code>.
# See who is in the chat and say "hi".
# Talk to us a bit about where you are with your project. Fill us in. We'll ask some questions.
 
 
Normal IRC etiquette does not demand that you say "hi" as you enter an IRC chat room. There may be 100+ people there, and you don't need to announce your presence. However, in this particular case, the channel #allegheny is probably just "us," so that's a good "safe" place to experiment with things.
 
After you've said "hi," do the following while you're still there and can ask us for help:


# While you're there, ''register'' your IRC nickname. This means you have to type:
[[Category: Allegheny Activism]]
## <code>/msg nickserv register <your-password> <your-email></code> (For example, I used a rather bogus password that I can remember easily (but isn't my email password), and my email address.) You'll get an email that contains an IRC command you need to copy-paste... go look for it.
[[Category: Ambassadors]]
## Next, type <code>/msg nickserv set hidemail on</code> to make sure your email address remains anonymous.
 
=== Things to Read ===
* ['''April 1, 2010'''] Mel wrote a [http://blog.melchua.com/2010/04/01/planet-posts-for-allegheny-students/ blog post] introducing you to the Fedora "planet." That is, the aggregator for lots of weblogs about Fedora. We have one as well, as you may recall: the [http://act.ivism.org/blogs/pulse act.ivism pulse].

Latest revision as of 05:15, 16 November 2013

During the Spring 2010 semester, 40 first-year students from Allegheny College dove into the Fedora project. Specifically, with the help of the excellent people on the Marketing and Design teams, they engaged in their first experience as open source contributors, learning about blogging, wikis, IRC, and how to create positive change as part of a worldwide community.

Their weblogs can be found at act.ivism.org, and they have a feed of all of their posts generated by rawdog.

Logistics

Resources

Things to Read

  • [April 1, 2010] Mel wrote a blog post introducing you to the Fedora "planet." That is, the aggregator for lots of weblogs about Fedora. We have one as well, as you may recall: the act.ivism pulse.
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