IRC

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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 in Opera

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:

How to connect to an IRC with Opera

To connect to a IRC you need to know the servers address and the name of the chatroom. In this example we'll use the server freenode.net and the room #maschinenraum chatrooms are typically indicated by the # symbol.

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


Useful IRC commands

Configuring the IRC connection is done by sending the IRC server, called the nickserv a special message beginning with a shlsh.

Register a new nickname

/msg nickserv register <password> <email> 

without the <> symbols.