So /g/, I'm a millennial faggot and want to get into IRC. How do you get started, what are good servers. Also how does it work, what are the commands, etc? Also general IRC thread.
Same...
Currently hanging out on freenode.
Is it that hard to google the name of the thread ?
What.
You open an irc client, connect to a server and then join a channel.
>>52489971
Fuck google, I want to know how general /g/ tards use IRC and what channels they use
>>52489872
I run irssi in a screen session on my server. That way, I can ssh in to my server, screen -x, and be back in my irssi session.
For a basic/intro to irc, there are lots of different irc clients for the different operating systems. Mirc was common on windows a number of years ago and maybe it still is. I haven't used windows in ~8 years. Never used mac so I can talk there. For Linux, irssi like I mentioned, but also kirc and lots others.
Whatever you use, once you open the program, you have to connect to a server and then join a channel or channels. I think you can run /list once connected and that wil list the channels. Once you see a channel to join, /join #linux or /join #whatever.
Or you can just google how to use irc.
>>52489997
Okay so where do you guys hang out?
irc.p2p-network.net #zomgwtfbbq
>>52489872
Just download pidgin and add a freenode account. Choose your favorite nickname. Read the first tab of messages, it will suggest you register (assuming the nickname you chose was available).
You can change the nickname in most clients with /nick
'/msg nickserv help' can help
Nickserv is just a bot. All usernames on freenode can be messaged the same
'/join #freenode' connects you to the freenode channel. This is kinda support, ask freenode related questions there.
Note that the irc spec has messages limited to 512 bytes. That includes your username, channel, and host. I used to know a page that had more details on this but I can't find it. Just know that some clients will calculate this and stop you before your message becomes too long, others just don't care and will fuck you over, making you waste time if you type out a big message like I am now, you would not have received all this. So that's great.
>>52489997
beats my why i still do but ive been running quassel-core for like 3 years now.
Rizon idle rpg i guess.
>>52490042
>using IM clients for IRC
>>52490053
>>using IM clients for IRC
It just werks, anon. These newbies don't care.
>>52489995
>i want to fit in so bad
>>52490059
well, it does sort of work, but in the end I've found out that when there is a problem, it's a royal pain to troubleshoot and generally ends with people giving up or getting a proper client anyway.
>>52490095
Perfect. At that point they're ready to take the training wheels off. Let them.
I'm a fag and continue to use pidgin because I'm too lazy to switch, and km just comfortable in it. Its just a simple client to spin up. Its even on ninite for windows plebs.
>>52489995
you seem like a retard but i guess you will fit right in at these (list is kinda outdated)
there's also #installgentoo @ irc.installgentoo.com
>>52490031
>dildo on shelf
>>52489872
IRC is probably the simplest communication protocol still in wide use. Just download mIRC, connect to one of the included servers and read the help guide. It will take about 10 minutes to get the basics totally understood.
I got my 11 year old brother on Quakenet, and he can navigate pretty much everything. C'mon, anon, install a client, do some research before shitposting. You have /sqt/ for this too.
>>52490031
On our work irc servers. I don't have time anymore to get on irc when I'm at home (wife, child, house, ....). Other people at work get on freenode. Other irc servers are/were galaxynet, efnet, and dalnet.
>>52489995
weechat, on rizon, with private friends.
Privately.
How to create a permanent channel that always stays open, and the name becomes reserved so nobody can hijack/fake it?
How much information about your system is revealed to others? Can everyone on a channel see your IP and/or hostname?
>>52490734
depends on the network, but usually chanserv.
>>52490802
Very little. Most networks will mask your IP/hostname.
#/g/freedom on rizon
freetards only please
>>52490734
>go to startpage.com
>search rizon.net
>click on rizon.net
>follow links and read things until you know what you're fucking doing
>nagisa dies at the end of clannad
lurk more
asking questions is fine, but not when the answer is straight forward and literally one search away
>>52489872
if you are on linux weechat is quite good.
Good servers are
irc.freenode.net (for computer and science related stuff, they often have devs for various software on there so you can get direct tech support from those who made it), good channels are #linux, #weechat, ##math, #bash
also the server irc.rizon.net where you have a lot of 4chan related channels like #4chan.
common commands are:
'/join #channelname' (to join the channel #channelname)
and otherwise you might read the documentation I guess. I can not remember how I learned it. It's like 20 years ago, but I am a dumb fuck so I bet you can do it.
Beat it.
IRC is one of the last few holdouts you braying little shits haven't completely ran into the ground yet.
>>52490934
False, there are many braying little shits on IRC.
>>52490126
a-am I doing it right, senpai?
>>52491102
>hexchat
Use an aesthetic non-shitty client like HydraIRC.
OP you realize millenials have been connecting to irc since the 90's right? Do you even know what a millennial is?
mIRC paid license master race reporting in
>>52490126
#installgentoo @ irc.installgentoo.com is just the best
its easy
just login with your leet haxor name
its like 2 ships meeting in the middle of the ocean
no one can see the exchange
and you dont say anything, you just idle like all the rest
>>52491162
There's always this fucking guy
>>52491232
he's not wrong
>>52489872
>I don't want facebook anymore mom, I want this 1337 h4x0r protocol!
Fuck off lol
>>52491294
Funny thing is, facebook probably uses IRC for their chat thingy.
>>52489872
>tfw made an IRC client back in 2002, in middle school days in pure C
Now that I think about it, I was quite the autistic child
>>52491346
Uh, it doesn't
>>52491162
I used msn back then didn't know about IRC but used it a few times on a scouting
>>52491372
Fuck off newfag
>tfw haven't used IRC in years
I wonder if all those old rooms I used to regular are still up?
>>52490065
Why would anyone try to fit in on 4chan anyways, it's not like the kool kidz hang out here
