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| = IRC = Our IRC channel is located at #blinkenshell @ irc.shellsnet.org |
= IRC - Internet Relay Chat = Blinkenshell's official IRC chat channel: '''#blinkenshell @ irc.blinkenshell.org''' (direct link: irc://#blinkenshell@irc.blinkenshell.org:+6697). The channel is located on Blinkenshell's own IRC Network [[BlinkenIRC]]. |
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| People with a registered account at the service gets voice. | If you've never heard of IRC before, or just want to join the chat immediately without installing an IRC client on your computer, use the [[https://blinkenshell.org/cgiirc/|Webchat]]. |
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| Blinkenbot is an eggdrop bot that logs all conversations and creates statistics that's available here: http://shell.blinkenlights.se/rhea/~blinkenbot/ | If you prefer to use a standalone IRC client take a look at one of these howtos: [[Howto/XChat|XChat/SilverX]], [[Howto/mIRC|mIRC]]. [[Blinkenbot]] is an IRC-bot that generates [[http://blinkenbot.blinkenshell.org/index_new.html|channel statistics]] and has some [[Blinkenbot|useful commands]] to help users in the signup process. Blinkenshell members can get autovoice in the channel if they want to, use the signup program to request it. |
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| * No advertising. * No flooding. * No auto-rejoin. * Speak English only. |
* No flooding or spamming (in channel or PM) * No advertising * No auto-rejoin after kick * English only please (use #non-english for chat in other languages) * Be nice! Don't start flamewars, insult others etc == Never heard of IRC before? == IRC is a protocol for communicating (chatting) over the internet. It stands for Internet Relay Chat and it's one of the most popular chat protocols, even though the protocol is quite old. If you have never used IRC before, you'll need to get an IRC-client (or use the [[https://blinkenshell.org/cgiirc/|webchat]]). Here is a list of IRC clients: * [[http://www.xchat.org/|XChat]] - Good GUI client for UNIX-like OSes. Free software. * [[http://silverex.org/|Silverex]] - XChat for Windows. Free software. * [[http://www.mirc.com/|mIRC]] - Popular and old IRC client, maybe not be the best though. Shareware (free trial 30 days). * [[http://irssi.org/|irssi]] - Popular CLI client for UNIX-like OSes. (Also runs on Windows now.) * [[http://www.weechat.org|weechat]] - Another CLI client for UNIX-like OSes. Extensible via scripts (ie Perl, Python) * More: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IRC_clients|Comparison of IRC clients on Wikipedia]] To connect to Blinkenshell's chat room: Start up your IRC-client, choose a network and try to find some way of connecting to a server or network. Our IRC-network is not the most common, so it's probably not in the list of networks that comes with many IRC-clients. Therefore you have to add the network manually, just add the server irc.blinkenshell.org with port 6697 (SSL). When you are connected to the network, just join our channel #blinkenshell and start chatting with us! :) == Notable IRC Networks == * [[BlinkenIRC]] (Blinkenshell) * [[Freenode]] * [[IRCnet]] * [[EFnet]] * [[Undernet]] * [[DALnet]] * [[Quakenet]] |
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IRC - Internet Relay Chat
Blinkenshell's official IRC chat channel: #blinkenshell @ irc.blinkenshell.org (direct link: irc://#blinkenshell@irc.blinkenshell.org:+6697). The channel is located on Blinkenshell's own IRC Network BlinkenIRC.
If you've never heard of IRC before, or just want to join the chat immediately without installing an IRC client on your computer, use the Webchat.
If you prefer to use a standalone IRC client take a look at one of these howtos: XChat/SilverX, mIRC.
Blinkenbot is an IRC-bot that generates channel statistics and has some useful commands to help users in the signup process.
Blinkenshell members can get autovoice in the channel if they want to, use the signup program to request it.
Rules
- No flooding or spamming (in channel or PM)
- No advertising
- No auto-rejoin after kick
- English only please (use #non-english for chat in other languages)
- Be nice! Don't start flamewars, insult others etc
Never heard of IRC before?
IRC is a protocol for communicating (chatting) over the internet. It stands for Internet Relay Chat and it's one of the most popular chat protocols, even though the protocol is quite old. If you have never used IRC before, you'll need to get an IRC-client (or use the webchat). Here is a list of IRC clients:
XChat - Good GUI client for UNIX-like OSes. Free software.
Silverex - XChat for Windows. Free software.
mIRC - Popular and old IRC client, maybe not be the best though. Shareware (free trial 30 days).
irssi - Popular CLI client for UNIX-like OSes. (Also runs on Windows now.)
weechat - Another CLI client for UNIX-like OSes. Extensible via scripts (ie Perl, Python)
To connect to Blinkenshell's chat room:
Start up your IRC-client, choose a network and try to find some way of connecting to a server or network. Our IRC-network is not the most common, so it's probably not in the list of networks that comes with many IRC-clients. Therefore you have to add the network manually, just add the server irc.blinkenshell.org with port 6697 (SSL). When you are connected to the network, just join our channel #blinkenshell and start chatting with us! 
Notable IRC Networks