Hackathons/Laptop setup/Linux IRC

On Linux, we'll be using XChat, a popular graphical IRC chat client.

IRC client setup instructions

 * 1) Start a command prompt. You can review how to do this in the command line navigation section.
 * 2) At the command prompt:
 * 3) * If you are running Ubuntu or Debian (or another dpkg-based system), type: sudo apt-get install xchat and enter your administrator password when prompted.
 * 4) * If you are running Fedora (or another yum-based system), type: sudo yum install xchat and enter your administrator password when prompted.

Note that asterisks won't be displayed as you type your passwords.
 * 1) Optionally, read through the material on Getting started with XChat. You can practice using IRC in depth later in the day.

IRC client practice: joining the MediaWiki channel
During this workshop we'll get practice using IRC and help each other as we contribute to project in the #mediawiki channel on the Freenode network.

Here are the connection details for joining the Freenode network and the MediaWiki IRC channel:

IRC server name: irc.freenode.net channel name: #mediawiki

Given that information, and reviewing the XChat overview above, use XChat to connect to Freenode and join the MediaWiki channel. Pick any nickname you like. :) Once you have joined the channel, say hello!

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