Tutorials/Chatting with the IRC Activity

How to use IRC

  • boot Sugar
f3 Screen appears

 

Start IRC application

  • click on the top bar icon with horizontal lines "list view'
find the IRC application and click on it

 

  • IRC starts
wait while it connects (5-10 sec)
You are connected when there are 2 tabs on the bottom:
sugar
sugar-es

How to join another IRC channel

enter: /join #trisquel in left bottom white area

 

a third tab appears labeled "trisquel"

 

  • You can switch channels by clicking on a tab
Note: hover over a tab and hold down the right mouse button
A drop down box appears with options

Shut down IRC

click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, in the right top bar
"Stop Ctrl+Q" appears in drop down menu
Click on it