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One of the best ways to get questions answered is to ask them to other users. This is what IRC (internet relay chat) is about. While participating you can ask and at the same time you are encouraged to answer other users' questions when you are able to. | One of the best ways to get questions answered is to ask them to other users. This is what IRC (internet relay chat) is about. While participating you can ask and at the same time you are encouraged to answer other users' questions when you are able to. | ||
| + | I will describe two possibilities here, using a web site for chatting and using a chat program. The chat program will give you a bit more comfort, on the other hand it needs to be installed before using it. | ||
| + | = Chat via web browser = | ||
'''''The following instructions can be viewed as a video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC6Zr1OcQZE here]. | '''''The following instructions can be viewed as a video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC6Zr1OcQZE here]. | ||
| − | To join a chat on [ | + | To join a chat on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE KDE], |
* point your browser to http://webchat.freenode.net | * point your browser to http://webchat.freenode.net | ||
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* click on Connect | * click on Connect | ||
| − | You will get a chance to talk with all other participants on the channel #kde. | + | You will get a chance to talk with all other participants on the channel #kde. To join another channel (about fedora in this example), enter |
| + | /join #fedora | ||
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| + | = Chat via a program = | ||
| + | If you want more comfortability than a browser can give you, you can install IRC applications like [http://quassel-irc.org/ Quassel]. The programs we have found good are listed below. | ||
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| + | == quassel == | ||
| + | |||
| + | === get quassel === | ||
| + | To get quassel, [[find out your distribution]] and proceed accordingly: | ||
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| + | ==== SUSE Linux ==== | ||
| + | For SUSE Linux you should not use the binaries that come with your distribution, so install from source: | ||
| + | * install some [[dependencies]] | ||
| + | yast -i cmake libqt4-devel | ||
| + | * download [http://quassel-irc.org/downloads Quassel's source code] | ||
| + | * [[open a console]] and extract quassel: | ||
| + | [[cd]] | ||
| + | bunzip2 Downloads/quassel* | ||
| + | [[tar]] xvf Downloads/quassel* | ||
| + | cd quassel* | ||
| + | cmake . && make -j8 && make install | ||
Latest revision as of 03:37, 16 February 2012
One of the best ways to get questions answered is to ask them to other users. This is what IRC (internet relay chat) is about. While participating you can ask and at the same time you are encouraged to answer other users' questions when you are able to. I will describe two possibilities here, using a web site for chatting and using a chat program. The chat program will give you a bit more comfort, on the other hand it needs to be installed before using it.
Contents
Chat via web browser
The following instructions can be viewed as a video here.
To join a chat on KDE,
- point your browser to http://webchat.freenode.net
- decide for a nickname for yourself and enter it
- as channel, enter #kde
- enter the text that is shown graphically (it is a captcha to keep away spammers)
- click on Connect
You will get a chance to talk with all other participants on the channel #kde. To join another channel (about fedora in this example), enter
/join #fedora
Chat via a program
If you want more comfortability than a browser can give you, you can install IRC applications like Quassel. The programs we have found good are listed below.
quassel
get quassel
To get quassel, find out your distribution and proceed accordingly:
SUSE Linux
For SUSE Linux you should not use the binaries that come with your distribution, so install from source:
- install some dependencies
yast -i cmake libqt4-devel
- download Quassel's source code
- open a console and extract quassel:
cd bunzip2 Downloads/quassel* tar xvf Downloads/quassel* cd quassel* cmake . && make -j8 && make install
