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IRC in Opera

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a simple chat system. To join an IRC you connect with an IRC-client a IRC-Server. This page will explain how to quickly join an IRC and change your username. If you want to know a bit more about IRC read the wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat page.

IRC Clients

Allthough some IRC Servers provide a web-based interface, typically you'll need an IRC client installed locally in your system. There is an tremenuous amount of clients available since IRC is a very well established protocol.

Some popular clients:

http://xchat.org Linux, Windows
http://colloquy.info OS X, iOS
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ Chatzilla Add-On for Firefox
http://www.opera.com the webbrowser Opera has an in built IRC client

How to connect to an IRC with Opera

Install Opera
Go to Menue → Extras → Email and chat accounts → Add account... → Chat(IRC) → Select username / email / nickname

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 Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a simple chat system. To join an IRC you connect with an IRC-client a IRC-Server. This page will explain how to quickly join an IRC and change your username. If you want to know a bit more about IRC read the [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat]] page.
-== IRC Clients ==
+=== IRC Clients ===
 Allthough some IRC Servers provide a web-based interface, typically you'll need an IRC client installed locally in your system. There is an tremenuous amount of clients available since IRC is a very well established protocol.