Chat Room (Internet Relay Chat): PuppyLinux

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Chat Room (Internet Relay Chat)

IRC is a form of instant messaging over the Internet. It is intended for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication.

The easiest way to join our chatroom when you are using Puppy is to click on the Chat icon on the desktop

Using IRC Programs

If you have an IRC-enabled browser (e.g. Opera or SeaMonkey/Firefox with ChatZilla installed), go to irc://irc.freenode.net/puppylinux in your browser and then pick your nickname. If that doesn't work then with other IRC-capable programs like Ayttm, Pidgin/Gaim, XChat X-Chat, irrsi, etc. enter irc.freenode.net as the chat server and #puppylinux as the channel in the appropriate places.

Accessing the Puppy Linux Chat Without an IRC Program Installed

If you have no IRC program installed or prefer not to you may use the Freenode Web Access site and any browser. You may either enter any nickname you wish but to use a Freenode registered nickname then check the box for “Auth to services” and also enter your username and password.

Freenode Policies and Chat Room Rules

Use of the Freenode-hosted channel is subject to Freenode's policies and guidelines.

Also see, ChatRoomRules Puppy Chat Room Rules

Using Web-based Clients

SearchIRC offers another Java chat that requires Java & JavaScript. Make sure to click on the #puppylinux link for it to popup the new chat window.

You may also use the normal Freenode Web Chat site and most any somewhat modern browser. You may either enter any nickname you wish but to use a Freenode registered nickname then check the box for Auth to services and also enter your username and password. There's also the secure Freenode Web Chat which sometimes doesn't stay connected as long.

Once Connected

Registering a Nick name

Click on Freenode

type

/nick mynickname

where nickname is your preferred name

(you will be prompted if not available)

Then register that preference by typing

/msg nickserv REGISTER <password> <email>

adding your preferred password and email

like so

/msg nickserv REGISTER mypassword mynickname@gmail.com

you will then get an email

and you can then follow the instructions

to complete registration

Hints and tips on using IRC (Gaim specific but helpful)

When using Gaim across several networks (Yahoo, MSN, IRC, etc.) simultaneously I find the Auto-login to every network rather cumbersome. My personal preference is to set all of my accounts so I have to manually log in.

When you open Gaim, instead of selecting a specific account and then clicking the sign in button, I click the ACCOUNTS button and then place a checkmark in the ONLINE button of each account I wish to use during that Gaim session. This way you only have one instance of Gaim with several network windows, rather than 3 instances of Gaim with 1 network each.

When chatting on multiple channels, if someone types something, that channel tab text will turn red (or another color) letting you know that someone is talking there.

You may hold a private conversation with someone by double clicking their name. This opens a new window where you and that person may chat "backchannel". See rule #4 above!

Gaim and others have a nice file-sharing system called DCC. If you want/need to share a file, it is nice to open a private conversation to discuss the file, then right click the recipients name and select send file. They will only receive the file if they accept it. IT IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO SET YOUR DCC TO AUTO-ACCEPT.

Some channels have "bots". Bots are applications that loiter on an IRC channel to keep it open, log visitors, play trivia games with you, etc. Don't chat with them...they don't talk back. Wink Bots may be programmed to be malicious however, so be careful.

Some IRC servers parade your IP address for everyone to see by using a simple /whois command. Puppy is a nice OS in that if you have your firewall on, it appears relatively "invisible" and doesn't seem to respond to ping attempts.