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IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is a real-time, text-based form of communication. You can have conversations with multiple people in an open channel or chat with someone privately one-on-one. | |||
To talk to other Fedora Project participants, log onto the [http://freenode.net freenode IRC network]. | |||
To learn how to use IRC, refer to the IRC Tutorial at [http://irchelp.org/ irchelp.org] and [[Communicate/IRCHowTo| IRC HowTo]]. | |||
{{Admon/note | NOTE | You may be required to register your user nickname (nick) and identify with that nick. Otherwise, you may not be able to join or be heard on the IRC channel. There is a page describing how to register your nick at [http://freenode.net/ freenode.net].}} | |||
{{Admon/warning | WARNING | Some of the Fedora channels ban users that are logged into their system as <code>root</code>. Make sure that you are logged into your system as a normal user and that any ident server you may have running is accurately reporting your username.}} | |||
For more information on channels and IRC please see | |||
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Revision as of 20:20, 20 February 2020
IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is a real-time, text-based form of communication. You can have conversations with multiple people in an open channel or chat with someone privately one-on-one.
To talk to other Fedora Project participants, log onto the freenode IRC network.
To learn how to use IRC, refer to the IRC Tutorial at irchelp.org and IRC HowTo.
NOTE
You may be required to register your user nickname (nick) and identify with that nick. Otherwise, you may not be able to join or be heard on the IRC channel. There is a page describing how to register your nick at freenode.net.
You may be required to register your user nickname (nick) and identify with that nick. Otherwise, you may not be able to join or be heard on the IRC channel. There is a page describing how to register your nick at freenode.net.
WARNING
Some of the Fedora channels ban users that are logged into their system as
Some of the Fedora channels ban users that are logged into their system as
root. Make sure that you are logged into your system as a normal user and that any ident server you may have running is accurately reporting your username.For more information on channels and IRC please see
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