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(IFrame embeds on a wiki are bad enough. Telling people on an OS development wiki how to install an IRC client is just silly. The people in the IRC channel have agreed upon this.) |
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There is a well-populated operating systems development IRC channel on Freenode at #osdev. Several regular contributors to the OSDev.org wiki and forums are usually present in the channel. |
There is a well-populated operating systems development IRC channel on Freenode at #osdev. Several regular contributors to the OSDev.org wiki and forums are usually present in the channel. |
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The easiest way to connect to the channel without an IRC client is through |
The easiest way to connect to the channel without an IRC client is through [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode's AJAX IRC web client.] |
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jVXpTaSpBx0" target="_blank">But you can connect using Pidgin, <b>which has the advantage to be able to save any chat session as an HTML webpage, with links and any other reference in the chat that you'd rather keep and save</b>.<br /> |
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See the following video to install GTK+ and Pidgin to connect to IRC. It's the easiest-to-use IRC client to install even for the less experienced users:<br /></a> |
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<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dw9ya68HacI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /> |
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<b>Download and install GTK+:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-win/?source=typ_redirect" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-win/?source=typ_redirect</a><br /> |
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<b>Download and install Pidgin:</b> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/?source=typ_redirect" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/?source=typ_redirect</a><br /><br /> |
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Now create an IRC entry in Pidgin accounts dialog and connect to server <b>irc.freenode.net</b> and channel <b>#osdev</b> |
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Revision as of 05:58, 13 May 2016
There is a well-populated operating systems development IRC channel on Freenode at #osdev. Several regular contributors to the OSDev.org wiki and forums are usually present in the channel.
The easiest way to connect to the channel without an IRC client is through Freenode's AJAX IRC web client.