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NOTE: a lot of people think that you can get on IRC and talk to people right away. That only works if people are in the channel you want at that very moment, and paying attention to that screen on their computer. | |||
The reality is that most conversations in IRC happen over hours or days, so the only way to fully experience a channel such as #sudoroom is to find a way to stay logged into IRC continuously. If you have a desktop computer that stays powered on and connected to the internet, this is easy. Otherwise, you need to connect to a computer that stays on (such as a server) and leave an IRC session running there, using "screen" or "tmux" as described below. | |||
If you log into IRC and say Hello and nobody gets back you to you for an hour, that is totally normal. If you log out five minutes after asking a question, people will make fun of you an hour later when they look at their IRC sessions. | |||
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an instant messaging service that has been used on the internet since the early 1990s. IRC is made possible by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Internet Relay Chat Protocol (IRCP)], an application layer protocol. The chat process works on a client/server networking model. IRC clients are computer programs that a user can install on their system. These clients communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients. IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing. | Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an instant messaging service that has been used on the internet since the early 1990s. IRC is made possible by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Internet Relay Chat Protocol (IRCP)], an application layer protocol. The chat process works on a client/server networking model. IRC clients are computer programs that a user can install on their system. These clients communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients. IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing. | ||
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=== Client Machine === | === Client Machine === | ||
You setup a system at home and configure your home network device(s) to make that machine available via the internet, or alternatively gain shell access to a server on the internet. There are services that provide free or paid shell access, with features and support for IRC that varies. Some of these services even provide support for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_bot IRC bots]. Alternatively you can pay for a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server Virtual Private Server (VPS)] for as low as $5 a month through services such as [digitalocean.com DigitalOcean], thus providing you with an entire UNIX-like server environment that you can use as you wish. | You can setup a system at home and configure your home network device(s) to make that machine available via the internet, or alternatively gain shell access to a server on the internet. There are services that provide free or paid shell access, with features and support for IRC that varies. Some of these services even provide support for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_bot IRC bots]. Alternatively you can pay for a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server Virtual Private Server (VPS)] for as low as $5 a month through services such as [digitalocean.com DigitalOcean], thus providing you with an entire UNIX-like server environment that you can use as you wish. | ||
=== Install Client === | === Install Client === | ||
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/network add Freenode | /network add Freenode | ||
/server add -auto -ssl -ssl_verify -ssl_capath /etc/ssl/certs -network Freenode irc.freenode.net 7000 | /server add -auto -ssl -ssl_verify -ssl_capath /etc/ssl/certs -network Freenode irc.freenode.net 7000 | ||
/channel add -auto # | /channel add -auto #sudoroom Freenode | ||
/save | /save | ||
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=== Managing Process === | === Managing Process === | ||
You can use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen GNU screen] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmux tmux] to maintain a terminal session that will persist even after you disconnect from the SSH session on your client machine. | |||
For example, you can run 'screen' to start a screen session. Once the session is started, run any program you wish. To disconnect from the session press CTRL-A, followed by D key. You can then safely disconnect from your SSH session. When you return, use `screen -r` to reconnect. | |||
See [http://carina.org.uk/screenirssi.shtml How to use screen and irssi] and [https://michael.lustfield.net/linux/irssi-using-screen-and-ssh IRSSI Using Screen and SSH] | See [http://carina.org.uk/screenirssi.shtml How to use screen and irssi] and [https://michael.lustfield.net/linux/irssi-using-screen-and-ssh IRSSI Using Screen and SSH] | ||