[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2

[Mark Garrow]

Hi Robert,
 IRC is Internet relay chat.. sudo apt-get install xchat to get a good
irc client.  If you want to use synaptic instead of the command line
you'll find two versions of xchat.  One is labeled xchat-gnome.. Don't
use that one. 

Once downloaded you'll find the start icon in Applications/ Internet.
Start the app and then in the upper left corner click on xchat then
server.. This will pull up the server list for many different IRC
servers.. At the top of the new box enter your desired "nickname".  

Now look for Freenode.net and highlight it.  Click the edit button.  In
the new window at the top you'll see the server, irc.freenode.net.
Highlight it and click the edit button to the right and change the
server to chat.freenode.net/8001.  This will eliminate future problems
on the server in various channels.  Click "use global", "auto connect
to", & "Use proxy server".  Now in "channel" put
#ubuntu,#ubuntu-california.

You're almost there.. Now click "connect" at the bottom.  In a few
seconds you'll be connected to the ubuntu help channel (#ubuntu) and our
Calif. Loco (#ubuntu-california). 

The next time you load xchat it will automatically connect to both
channels.

We don't do video conferences probably because of each persons current
computer setup and bandwidth as well as an appropriate method of doing
it.  Second Life might be considered a 3rd life for some of us.. :)
just too time consuming to setup, create avatars and figure out how it
all works.. at least for me.. 

Best,
Mark (Scunizi)


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