[NTLUG:Discuss] irc channel

[Leroy Tennison]

Ralph Green wrote:
> Howdy,
>  In xchat, you will find what they call a list of networks.  The
> quickest thing is to find one of those that looks like you would never
> use it and edit it.
>   There will be a list of servers.  delete all but one, if there are
> multiple servers listed.  Change that one to say   irc.freenode.net
>  There will be an entry field for favorite channels.  put in #ntlug
>  Close the edit dialog.  Click once on the network name to select it and
> change the name to ntlug.  You are almost there.  Now try to connect to
> that network.
> Good luck,
> Ralph
> 
> On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 08:48 -0700, Allen Meyers wrote:
>> Great news, but please help a guy out who has never used IRC. I
>> installed IRC Chat gnome in ubuntu. Went there clivked find #ntlug and
>> got nowhere. Am I in wrong chat or what must I do
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Are you sure it's irc.freenode.net?  I tried Konversation (part of KDE 
probably?) and icr.freenode.net failed.  However, I added #ntlug to 
irc.freenode.org and connected.  If fact, I sent a message and am 
waiting for a reply.