The list will tell you how many people are logged in on
that channel at that moment and give you a description of what the channel is about. You
can get a sense of the channel??™s conversational tone by the description. New users should
probably stay away from channels that announce that ???Lamers will be SHOT.??? Most channels
are public, but you can set up private channels that require a password. This is configurable
in your client. When you find a channel, use /JOIN to enter the channel.
TIP
Many open source project developers hang out in assorted IRC channels. This is a
great source for support, if you need an answer NOW!
Look for SUSE developers at #suse on irc.freenode.com and user support at
#sls-support, also on Freenode.
Check an application??™s website to see if they offer support via IRC and go for it!
Googling ???irc
??? (no quotes) should work too.
After you have selected a channel, you can jump right in to the conversation. As you can
see in Figure 16.10, the client should display a list of the participants??™ nicknames in one
window, and postings will appear as scrolling text.
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