Difference between revisions of "Internet Relay Chat"

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IRC, Internet Relay Chat

Sugar Labs no longer uses IRC as the primary mode of communication. Matrix is the preferred mode of communication. Nevertheless, the matrix and IRC channels are bridged using Matrix Appservice IRC. IRC channel only exists for backward compatibility.

The IRC activity allows access to IRC from within the Sugar environment.
You can use a computer-based client to log in to IRC, such as Pidgin or X-Chat. This link should work for such clients: irc://irc.libera.chat#sugar
Or, use a browser add-on, such as CIRC (for Chrome). Current versions of Firefox are no longer compatible with add-ons, so ChatZilla will only work if you are using a sufficiently older version of Firefox.

IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion 'channels', but allows for personal chat and data transfer as well.

Sugar Labs is moving sugar channels from Freenode.net to Libera.chat.

The Sugar Labs Community uses a series of channels in the irc.libera.chat network.

IRC channel discussion archives

Archives of many Sugar-related IRC channels are generated automatically by an IRC bot and are indexed here.

irc.freenode.net channels

General:
`#sugar` or `irc://irc.libera.chat#sugar`	For day-to-day Sugar development—a casual, friendly place where Sugar developers collaborate.
`#sugar-meeting` or `irc://irc.libera.chat#sugar-meeting`	A channel for scheduled Sugar Labs meetings. See the Sugar Labs event calendar. (not active, Meetings now happen on Matrix
`#fedora-olpc` or `irc://irc.freenode.net#fedora-olpc`	A channel for the Fedora development project for OLPC XOs and a Sugar distribution. See the project page.

irc.oftc.net channels

General:
`#schoolserver` or `irc://irc.oftc.net#schoolserver`	The meeting channel for the XS, the XO school Server. (Not active in September 2009.)
`#treehouse` or `irc://irc.oftc.net#treehouse`	The meeting channel for the Treehouse - Hosting

See also OLPC:Communication channels.

How to use IRC channels

A web-based chat for other channels is Mibbit, with nickname: (whatever you like), server: irc.oftc.net, and channel: #schoolserver (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into). It also includes an in-line translation service that is helpful when other languages are used.
Some helpful resources are here, and this tutorial, which also includes basic commands.
Learn about IRC etiquette. Try here, here, or here.
For IRC under sugar, install the latest Sugar IRC activity.
In Pidgin you can configure IRC and then Add a Chat to your Buddy list. Select the IRC channel from the drop-down menu, and enter the name of the channel. You can set Pidgin to open channels automatically whenever it starts up.
In a traditional IRC client, you join a channel with the /join command, for example, enter /join #sugar in the input box.
Connect to one of the above channels, and say hello. You will see a list of the handles (on-line names) of the people in the channel, and the conversation will appear in a scrolling window. Type your message in the command entry area, and press return.
Instructions for using the meeting log robot are here.

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-<noinclude>[[Category:Contact]][[Category:Resource]]
+<noinclude>
-</noinclude>== IRC, [[Internet Relay Chat]] ==
+[[Category:Contact]][[Category:Resource]]
-Most Sugar Labs chat takes place on IRC (see [[wikipedia:IRC|Internet Relay Chat]]).
+</noinclude>
+== IRC, [[Internet Relay Chat]] ==
+Sugar Labs no longer uses IRC as the primary mode of communication. [[Matrix]] is the preferred mode of communication. Nevertheless, the matrix and IRC channels are bridged using [https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc Matrix Appservice IRC]. IRC channel only exists for backward compatibility.
 * The [[Activities/IRC|'''IRC activity''']] allows access to IRC from within the Sugar environment.
-* You can use a computer-based client to log in to IRC, such as [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] or [[wikipedia:X-Chat|X-Chat]]. This link should work for such clients: irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar
+* You can use a computer-based client to log in to IRC, such as [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] or [[wikipedia:X-Chat|X-Chat]]. This link should work for such clients: irc://irc.libera.chat#sugar
-* Or, use a browser add-on (like [http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] for the FireFox web browser, where the above link will also work).
+* Or, use a browser add-on, such as [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/circ/bebigdkelppomhhjaaianniiifjbgocn?hl=en-US CIRC] (for Chrome). Current versions of Firefox are no longer compatible with add-ons, so ChatZilla will only work if you are using a sufficiently older version of Firefox.
-* Easiest, might be this web browser-based service provided by freenode through qwebirc to [http://chat.sugarlabs.org chat on #sugar now].
 IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion 'channels', but allows for personal chat and data transfer as well.
-The Sugar Labs Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>''' network.
+Sugar Labs is moving sugar channels from Freenode.net to Libera.chat.
+The Sugar Labs Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.libera.chat</tt>''' network.
+==== IRC channel discussion archives ====
+* Archives of many Sugar-related IRC channels are generated automatically by an IRC bot and are indexed [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/ here].
+----
 ==== irc.freenode.net channels ====
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 | colspan=2 style="background:lightyellow; border:1px solid black;" | '''General:'''
 |- valign="top"
-|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=olpc-help&prompt=1 #olpc-help] or irc://irc.freenode.net#olpc-help</tt> || Community help. If you need help using an XO or with Sugar, and you haven't asked anywhere else: try here first.
+|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar&prompt=1 #sugar]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.libera.chat#sugar</tt> || For day-to-day [[What is Sugar? | Sugar]] development&mdash;a casual, friendly place where Sugar developers collaborate.
-|- valign="top"
-|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-newbies&prompt=1 #sugar-newbies] or irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar-newbies</tt> || New developer help. If you're starting to develop in Sugar, you can ask here and help contribute to the new developers manual and FAQ.  The [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-newbies channel is logged] and its history searchable.
-|-
-|- valign="top"
-|<tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar&prompt=1 #sugar]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar</tt> || For day-to-day [[What is Sugar? | Sugar]] development&mdash;a casual, friendly place where Sugar developers collaborate.
 |- valign="top"
-| <tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-meeting&prompt=1 #sugar-meeting]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#sugar-meeting</tt>|| A channel for scheduled Sugar Labs meetings.  See the [[Sugar Labs/Events | Sugar Labs event calendar]].
+| <tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=sugar-meeting&prompt=1 #sugar-meeting]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.libera.chat#sugar-meeting</tt>|| A channel for scheduled Sugar Labs meetings.  See the [[Sugar Labs/Events | Sugar Labs event calendar]]. (not active, Meetings now happen on [[Matrix]]
 |- valign="top"
 | <tt>[http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=fedora-olpc&prompt=1 #fedora-olpc]</tt> or <tt>irc://irc.freenode.net#fedora-olpc</tt> || A channel for the Fedora development project for OLPC XOs and a Sugar distribution.  See the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC project page].
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 === How to use IRC channels ===
-* A web-based chat for freenode.net channels is [http://webchat.freenode.net qwebirc], with nickname: (whatever you like), and channel: #sugar (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into).
+* A web-based chat for other channels is [http://www.mibbit.com Mibbit], with nickname: (whatever you like), server: irc.oftc.net, and channel: #schoolserver (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into). It also includes an in-line '''translation''' service that is helpful when other languages are used.
-* A web-based chat for other channels is [http://www.mibbit.com Mibbit], with nickname: (whatever you like), server: irc.oftc.net, and channel: #schoolserver (or whatever other channel you're trying to get into). It also includes an in-line '''translation''' service that is helpful when other languages are used. (Connections via mibbit are no longer supported on freenode. You may wish to consider using http://webchat.freenode.net instead. Further information over at http://bit.ly/19JILF.)
 * Some helpful resources are [http://www.mirc.com/irc.html here], and [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html this tutorial], which also includes basic commands.
 * Learn about IRC etiquette. Try [http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/etiquette.html here], [http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ru_chatq.htm here], or [http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/IRC_Etiquette here].