[Ubuntu Oregon] IRC help (was: Re: Thank you.)

[Cody Smith]

That command is usually just this:

/nick <desirednickhere>

Simple, eh?

--c_smith

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Phillip N <philn at deltatriad.net> wrote:

> Thanks Cody for "what is" and "what's not" IRC verses IM LOL.... As you
> can see its been several years since I used any of those, because IRC/IM
> really is not my forte'.  I do it only to show support for Ubuntu.
>
> Joshua - thanks for suggesting irssi, in fact I installed it on a
> Raspberry Pi just for fun, and it works great!.
> Was able to connect to *irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>* on
> channel *ubuntu-us-or* just fine, via irssi on a Pi.
>
> The only problem was my user name was "Pi____", because I have not figured
> out the "freenode" command to change the name to philn-k.
>
> I used the following CL inside irssi to connect:
>  /server irc.freenode.net
>  /join ubuntu-us-or
> /SET nick philn-k (does not work), also tried /SET user_name = philn-k.
>
> The documentation found on the web seems to differ, so does anyone know
> the proper "freenode SET" command to change the "user name"?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Phil. N
>
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> didn't know that. good to know. Still probably won't do znc (which I
>> connect through)
>>
>> --c_smith
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Joshua R. Poulson <jrp at pun.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, they added an account plugin so empathy can do a limited IRC:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/463033/is-it-possible-to-use-irc-chat-on-new-empathy
>>>
>>> I prefer irssi myself.
>>>
>>> --jrp
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Empathy doesn't DOES NOT do IRC, it's only for IM, IRC is a different
>>>> protocol. Same thing with iChat. Now Pidgin CAN do IRC, but imo it's a
>>>> crappy implementation.
>>>>
>>>> --c_smith
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Phillip N <philn at deltatriad.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Walter, Cody, Thomas,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm familiar with iChat, Pidgin, and Empathy, which is the default IRC
>>>>> in Ubuntu.
>>>>> My problem was not app based, it was Logging in via web interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) calls me to simplify any
>>>>> situation, I was therefore trying to "directly" log in to web based IRC
>>>>> w/out authentication.   I have recently discovered that logging in through
>>>>> Ubuntu One "first", solves many a log in issues - go figure... LOL. Problem
>>>>> solved.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll eagerly await this evenings irc meeting at 6:30pm, to see it all
>>>>> works.
>>>>> BTY: I think tonight's topic is review of UOS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks everyone for your support.
>>>>> Phil. N
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> > c_smith:
>>>>>> >> Yeah, IRC clients aren't exactly "one size fits all", there's
>>>>>> ircii for
>>>>>> >> those wanting to use it from the CLI, there's Quassel for those
>>>>>> wanting a QT
>>>>>> >> version, Xchat for those wanting a GTK version, and so on and so
>>>>>> forth.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > i tend to prefer cli ones. irssi or weechat are my go-tos.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > again, if help is needed, let me know.
>>>>>> >
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>>>>>> > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
>>>>>> > Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader
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>>>>>> irccloud.com FTW
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thomas Mashos
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