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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="tip" id="help-irc" xml:lang="pa">
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<link type="guide" xref="more-help"/>
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<desc>Get live support on IRC.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="outdated"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="outdated"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
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<email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. It is a real-time multi-user messaging
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You can get help and advice on the GNOME IRC server from other GNOME
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To connect to the GNOME IRC server using <app>empathy</app> or <app>xchat</app>,
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or by using a web interface like <link href="http://chat.mibbit.com/">mibbit</link>.
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To create an IRC account in empathy, see the
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<link href="ghelp:empathy#irc-manage">Empathy documentation</link>.
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The GNOME IRC server is <sys>irc.gnome.org</sys>. You may also see it referred to as the "GIMP network".
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If your computer is properly configured you can click on the link
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<link href="irc://irc.gnome.org/gnome"/> to access the <sys>gnome</sys> channel.
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<p>Please note the <link href="https://live.gnome.org/CodeOfConduct/">GNOME code of conduct</link>
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applies when you chat on IRC.</p>