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Introduction

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of realtime Internet chat. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communlication via private message. On IRC you can talk to many other members using Ubuntu, on topics ranging from idle chit-chat to support with your Ubuntu. Though a channel might have many people in it at any one time, they might not always be at their keyboard; so if no-one responds, just wait around and someone will hopefully answer soon enough.

This page serves as an information base for users of the Ubuntu IRC channels. The Ubuntu channels can be found on the Freenode network, irc.freenode.net. xchat in Ubuntu has this network preconfigured and the main channel, #ubuntu, will automatically be joined. Kubuntu also comes with Konversation, which is also pre-configured for the Kubuntu help channels. When participating in Ubuntu IRC channels, please abide by the [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/conduct/ Code of Conduct] and [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcGuidelines channel guidelines].

IRC Clients

The following is just a quick list of the available IRC clients for use.

Ubuntu

  • Gaim/Pidgin - Popular instant messaging software but also supports IRC. May be easier for beginners. For more information refer to the ["Pidgin"] page.

  • Xchat - GUI based IRC client. For more information refer to the ["XChatHowto"] wiki page.

  • LostIRC - A simple GTK IRC client.

  • Loqui - Another GTK client, with a range of features intermediate between Xchat's and LostIRC's.

Kubuntu

  • Konversation - KDE GUI based IRC client.

  • KvIRC - a more powerful, though less KDE-integrated, GUI client.

  • Kopete - Multi-protocol instant messaging and IRC software for KDE.

Console based

  • IRSSI - Popular command line/text based IRC client. For more information refer to the ["Irssi"] page.

  • WeeChat - Another popular command line/text based IRC client.

Channels

There are many channels for the Ubuntu community via the Freenode IRC service. The following is a list of the channels, a brief description, and the channels contact. The contact person mentioned in this list is the contact person for channel issues. For general support questions, please ask your question in the appropriate channel:

List of Ubuntu IRC channels

Support and talk channels

Contact person

#ubuntu

Ubuntu general discussion, help channel

[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-council IRC Council]

#ubuntu+1

Help channel for development versions

[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-council IRC Council]

#kubuntu

Kubuntu help channel

Riddell

#edubuntu

Edubuntu channel

RichEd

#xubuntu

Xubuntu channel

[https://launchpad.net/~cody-somerville Cody Somerville]

#ubuntu-offtopic

The off-topic channel where everything is on-topic

[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-council IRC Council]

#kubuntu-offtopic

The off-topic channel where everything is on-topic

Nalioth

#xubuntu-offtopic

The off-topic channel where everything is on-topic

[https://launchpad.net/~cody-somerville Cody Somerville]

#ubuntu-education

Generally non-technical channel for Ubuntu in education

RichEd

#ubuntuforums

UbuntuForums: support & community chat

zenwhen

#ubuntu-powerpc

Ubuntu PowerPC support

?

#ubuntustudio

Ubuntu Studio help channel

_MMA_

#kubuntu-kde4

KDE4 on Kubuntu help channel

jussi01

Team channels

#ubuntu-devel

Ubuntu development coordination

mdz

#xubuntu-devel

Xubuntu development coordination

[https://launchpad.net/~cody-somerville Cody Somerville]

#kubuntu-devel

Kubuntu development coordination

Riddell

#ubuntu-accessibility

The Accessibility Team channel

TheMuso

#ubuntu-artwork

Artwork for all Ubuntu derivatives

kwwii

#ubuntu-boot

Boot/Init team

Keybuk

#ubuntu-bugs

Channel for Bugsquad and Bug Days

heno

#ubuntu-desktop

The Ubuntu desktop team

Keybuk

#ubuntu-doc

Ubuntu documentation team coordination

mdke

#ubuntu-eu

Discussions about Ubuntu-eu and related stuffs

Yann2,smurf

#ubuntuforums-beginners

Ubuntuforums beginners posts team channel

bodhi_zazen

#ubuntuforums-unanswered

Ubuntuforums Unanswered posts team channel

ajmorris

#ubuntu-hardened

Discussions on the Ubuntu hardened project

trulux

#ubuntu-installer

Ubuntu installer development

cjwatson

#ubuntu-iso

Discussions about Ubuntu community iso testing

heno, pochu

#ubuntu-kernel

Ubuntu kernel team coordination

lamont

#ubuntu-laptop

Ubuntu laptop development

mjg59

#ubuntu-locoteams

Coordination of all local coordination teams

smurf

#ubuntu-marketing

Marketing Team channel

jenda

#ubuntu-meeting

All meetings are held here

[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-council IRC Council]

#ubuntu-mirrors

Channel for mirror administrators

Jeeves_

#ubuntu-mobile

Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded development

Mithrandir

#ubuntu-motu

Coordination of the Ubuntu MOTU team

sladen

#ubuntu-motu-school

Ubuntu MOTU team schooling channel

/sh

#ubuntu-mozillateam

QA of all Mozilla Products in Ubuntu

Admiral_Chicago

#nuubuntuteam

NU Ubuntu Team Staff Channel

jozef, maco, jdhore

#ubuntu-science

MOTU Science team and general Ubuntu science discussion

LaserJock

#ubuntu-server

Ubuntu server help and discussions

soren

#ubuntu-toolchain

Coordination of the Ubuntu toolchain team

jbailey

#ubuntu-translators

Coordination and discussions about Ubuntu translations

?

#ubuntu-trivia

The place for challenging your geek buddies

theCore

#ubuntu-virt

Ubuntu virtualisation help and discussions

soren

#ubuntu-website

For Ubuntu (and related project) website discussions

newz2000

#ubuntu-women

For Ubuntu women

pleia2

#ubuntu-ops

Home of the Ubuntu IRC Team managing the main channels

[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-council IRC Council]

#ubuntu-irc

International Ubuntu IRC operators channel

[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-council IRC Council]

#ubuntu-youth

Channel of the [wiki:Ubuntu/UbuntuYouth Ubuntu Youth] project

[wiki:Ubuntu/LasseHavelund Lasse Havelund]

Localized channels

Contact person

If you start a new local channel, please adhere to the [wiki:Ubuntu/IrcTeam/ChannelNaming channel naming conventions]

#ubuntu-ar

[wiki:Ubuntu/ArgentinaTeam Argentina]

[wiki:Ubuntu/MartinAlbisetti beuno] [wiki:Ubuntu/Marplatense marianom]

#ubuntu-au

[wiki:Ubuntu/AustralianTeam Australia]

elkbuntu

#ubuntu-at

[wiki:Ubuntu/AustriaTeam Austria]

wiki:Ubuntu/MarionSchroefl

#ubuntu-bd

[wiki:Ubuntu/BangladeshiTeam Bangladesh]

Ekushey

#ubuntu-be

[wiki:Ubuntu/BelgianTeam Belgium]

JanC

#ubuntu-berlin

[http://www.ubuntu-berlin.de Berlin] - Germany

wiki:Ubuntu/CasparClemensMierau ccm

#ubuntu-br

[wiki:Ubuntu/BrazilianTeam Brazil]

MarioMeyer

#ubuntu-caBR#ubuntu-qc

[wiki:Ubuntu/CanadianTeam Canada]

Burgundavia

#ubuntu-cat

[wiki:Ubuntu/CatalanTeam Catalonia]

arualavi

#ubuntu-ch

[wiki:Ubuntu/SwissTeam Switzerland]

stgraber

#ubuntu-cl

[wiki:Ubuntu/ChileanTeam Chile]

mruiz

#ubuntu-cn

[wiki:Ubuntu/ChineseTeam Mainland China]

freeflying

#ubuntu-co

[wiki:Ubuntu/ColombianTeam Colombia]

MagicFab

#ubuntu-cy

[wiki:Ubuntu/CypriotTeam Cyprus]-Cyprus

SoteriouLoucas

#ubuntu-cz

[wiki:Ubuntu/CzechTeam Czech Republic]

ondrej

#ubuntu-cr

[wiki:Ubuntu/CostaRicanTeam Costa Rican Team]

wiki:Ubuntu/mayeco

#ubuntu-deBR#ubuntu-de-offtopicBR#edubuntu-de

[wiki:Ubuntu/GermanTeam Germany]

juliux, smurf, [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-de-irc-op ubuntu-de IRC Operatoren]

#kubuntu-deBR#kubuntu-de.orgBR#kubuntu-de-offtopic

[wiki:Ubuntu/KubuntuGermanTeam Germany]

wiki:Ubuntu/Emonkey, serenity

#ubuntu-dk

[wiki:Ubuntu/DanishTeam Denmark]

soren

#ubuntu-eg

[wiki:Ubuntu/EgyptTeam Egypt]

[wiki:Ubuntu/KarimFayez Karim Fayez]

#ubuntu-esBR#edubuntu-esBR#ubuntu-es-offtopicBR#kubuntu-es

[wiki:Ubuntu/SpanishTeam Spain] / Spanish speakers

[https://launchpad.net/people/gcamposm P3L|C4N0] / [http://launchpad.net/~jpatrick jpatrick]

#ubuntustudio-es

Spanish Ubuntu Studio help channel

luisbg

#ubuntu-fiBR#kubuntu-fi

[wiki:Ubuntu/FinnishTeam Finland]

Mirv

#ubuntu-frBR#kubuntu-frBR#xubuntu-frBR#ubuntu-fr-meetingBR#ubuntu-fr-testingBR#ubuntu-fr-jeux BR#ubuntu-fr-party

[wiki:Ubuntu/FrenchTeam France] / French language

Yann2

#ubuntustudio-fr

French Ubuntu Studio help channel

ttoine

#ubuntu-gr

[wiki:Ubuntu/GreekTeam Greece]

[wiki:Ubuntu/AthanasiosLefteris AthanasiosLefteris]

#ubuntu-hr

[wiki:Ubuntu/CroatianTeam Croatia]

ivoks

#ubuntu-huBR#ubuntu-hu-web

[wiki:Ubuntu/HungarianTeam Hungary]

phanatic

#ubuntu-id

[wiki:Ubuntu/IndonesianTeam Indonesia]

Belutz

#ubuntu-ie

[wiki:Ubuntu/IrishTeam Ireland]

Mean-Machine, tck, Drazha

#ubuntu-il

[wiki:Ubuntu/IsraeliTeam Israel]

sivang

#ubuntu-in

[wiki:Ubuntu/IndianTeam India]

g0sub

#ubuntu-ir

[wiki:Ubuntu/IranianTeam Iran]

zwnj, MehdiHassanpour

#ubuntu-itBR#ubuntu-it-chat

[wiki:Ubuntu/ItalianTeam Italy]

[https://launchpad.net/~perottae jester-]

#ubuntu-jp

[wiki:Ubuntu/JapaneseTeam Japan]

jkbys, burepe, hito_jp

#ubuntu-jo

[wiki:Ubuntu/JordanTeam Jordan]

Syntux

#ubuntu-ka

[wiki:Ubuntu/GeorgianTeam Georgia]

AlinuxOS

#ubuntu-ko

[wiki:Ubuntu/KoreanTeam Korea]

Atie

#ubuntu-lat

[wiki:Ubuntu/LatinoamericaTeam Latin America]

Hord

#ubuntu-lb

[wiki:Ubuntu/LebanonTeam Lebanon]

#ubuntu-lk

[wiki:Ubuntu/SriLankanTeam Sri Lanka]

Lastnode

#ubuntu-lv

[wiki:Ubuntu/LatvianTeam Latvia]

[http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=89054 bodhi.zazen]

#ubuntu-mx

[wiki:Ubuntu/UbuntuMxTeam Mexico]

maggit

#ubuntu-my

[wiki:Ubuntu/MalaysianTeam Malaysia]

#ubuntu-ni

[wiki:Ubuntu/NicaraguanTeam Nicaragua]

xblackfire

#ubuntu-nl

[wiki:Ubuntu/DutchTeam The Netherlands]

Seveas

#ubuntu-no

[wiki:Ubuntu/NorwegianTeam Norway]

Simira

#ubuntu-nz

[wiki:Ubuntu/NZTeam New Zealand]

Plug

#ubuntu-pa

[wiki:Ubuntu/PanamaTeam Panama]

wiki:Ubuntu/mayeco

#ubuntu-pe

[wiki:Ubuntu/PeruvianTeam Peru]

#ubuntu-ph

[wiki:Ubuntu/PhilippineTeam Philippines]

jsgotangco

#ubuntu-pk

[wiki:Ubuntu/PakistanTeam Pakistan]

FouadRiazBajwa

#ubuntu-pl

[wiki:Ubuntu/PolishTeam Poland]

sylwester

#ubuntu-pt

[wiki:Ubuntu/PortugueseTeam Portugal]

licio

#ubuntu-ro

[wiki:Ubuntu/RomanianTeam Romania]

nmsa

#ubuntu-rs

[wiki:Ubuntu/SerbianTeam Serbia]

#ubuntu-ru

[wiki:Ubuntu/RussianTeam Russia]

skyrider

#ubuntu-seBR#xubuntu-seBR#kubuntu-se

[wiki:Ubuntu/SwedishTeam Sweden]

ozamosi

#ubuntu-sg

[wiki:Ubuntu/SingaporeTeam Singapore]

wickedpuppy

#ubuntu-sk

[wiki:Ubuntu/SlovakTeam Slovakia] - forwarded to #ubuntu-cz

rejden

#ubuntu-tam

[wiki:Ubuntu/TamilTeam Tamil]

sriramadas

#ubuntu-tn

[wiki:Ubuntu/TunisianTeam Tunisia]

karimfath

#ubuntu.tr

[wiki:Ubuntu/TurkishTEam Turkey]

?

#ubuntu-tw

[wiki:Ubuntu/TaiwanTeam Taiwan]

BlueT

#ubuntu-uk

[wiki:Ubuntu/UKTeam United Kingdom]

Gary

#ubuntu-ve

[wiki:Ubuntu/VenezuelaTeam Venezuela]

[wiki:Ubuntu/EfrainValles effie_jayx]

#ubuntu-za

[http://www.ubuntu-za.org/Wiki/ South Africa]

United States Teams

Contact person

#ubuntu-us

[wiki:Ubuntu/USTeams US Teams]

atoponce

#ubuntu-us-ak

[wiki:Ubuntu/AlaskaTeam Alaska]

hardwire

#ubuntu-us-al

[wiki:Ubuntu/AlabamaTeam Alabama]

[wiki:Ubuntu/JasonSandlin JasonSandlin] [wiki:Ubuntu/MichaelRamm MichaelRamm]

#ubuntu-us-az

[wiki:Ubuntu/ArizonaTeam Arizona]

john4510

#ubuntu-california

[wiki:Ubuntu/CaliforniaTeam California]

wiki:Ubuntu/NealBussett

#ubuntu-chicago

[wiki:Ubuntu/ChicagoTeam Chicago]

nixternal

#ubuntu-us-co

[wiki:Ubuntu/ColoradoTeam Colorado]

MitchM

#ubuntu-dallas

[wiki:Ubuntu/DallasTeam Dallas]

#ubuntu-dc

[wiki:Ubuntu/DCTeam Washington DC]

mattva01, kjcole

#ubuntu-us-fl

[wiki:Ubuntu/FloridaTeam Florida]

[wiki:Ubuntu/DanTrevino dantalizing]

#ubuntu-us-ga

[wiki:Ubuntu/GeorgiaUSTeam Georgia]

boredandblogging

#ubuntu-us-hi

[wiki:Ubuntu/HawaiiTeam Hawaii]

#ubuntu-houston

[wiki:Ubuntu/HoustonTeam Houston]

lthrbls

#ubuntu-illinois

[wiki:Ubuntu/IllinoisTeam Illinois]

nixternal / eddieftw

#ubuntu-us-in

[wiki:Ubuntu/IndianaTeam Indiana]

schultmc

#ubuntu-kansas

[wiki:Ubuntu/KansasTeam Kansas]

#ubuntu-us-ky

[wiki:Ubuntu/KentuckyTeam Kentucky]

etank

#ubuntu-us-la

[wiki:Ubuntu/LouisianaTeam Louisiana]

r2d2rogers

#ubuntu-us-ma

[wiki:Ubuntu/MassachusettsTeam Massachusetts]

jrib

#ubuntu-us-md

[wiki:Ubuntu/MarylandTeam Maryland]

[wiki:Ubuntu/ChuckFrain Chuck Frain]

#ubuntu-us-me

[wiki:Ubuntu/MaineTeam Maine]

#ubuntu-us-mi

[wiki:Ubuntu/MichiganTeam Michigan]

greg-g

#ubuntu-us-mn

[wiki:Ubuntu/MinnesotaTeam Minnesota]

tonyyarusso

#ubuntu-us-mo

[wiki:Ubuntu/MissouriTeam Missouri]

PenguinistaKC

#ubuntu-montana

[wiki:Ubuntu/MontanaTeam Montana]

bodhi_zazen

#ubuntu-northcarolina

[wiki:Ubuntu/NorthCarolinaTeam North Carolina]

#ubuntu-us-ne

[wiki:Ubuntu/NebraskaTeam Nebraska]

dthacker

#ubuntu-us-nh

[wiki:Ubuntu/NewHampshireTeam New Hampshire]

desertc

#ubuntu-us-nj

[wiki:Ubuntu/NewJerseyTeam New Jersey]

joe_cot

#ubuntu-us-nm

[wiki:Ubuntu/NewMexicoTeam New Mexico]

[wiki:Ubuntu/MichaelRimbert tritium]

#ubuntu-us-ny

[wiki:Ubuntu/NewYorkTeam New York]

ausimage

#ubuntu-us-oh

[wiki:Ubuntu/OhioTeam Ohio]

#ubuntu-us-ok

[wiki:Ubuntu/OklahomaTeam Oklahoma]

[wiki:Ubuntu/TreyBrown

#ubuntu-us-or

[wiki:Ubuntu/OregonTeam Oregon]

#ubuntu-us-pa

[wiki:Ubuntu/PennsylvaniaTeam Pennsylvania]

wiki:Ubuntu/BretFledderjohn

#ubuntu-us-sc

[wiki:Ubuntu/SouthCarolinaTeam South Carolina]

xq

#ubuntu-us-tn

[wiki:Ubuntu/TennesseeTeam Tennessee]

desertc

#ubuntu-us-tx

[wiki:Ubuntu/TexasTeam Texas]

#ubuntu-texas-west

[wiki:Ubuntu/TexasWestTeam Texas (West)]

#ubuntu-us-ut

[wiki:Ubuntu/UtahTeam Utah]

atoponce

#ubuntu-wisconsin

[wiki:Ubuntu/WisconsinTeam Wisconsin]

LogBots

There are 2 logging bots active: ubuntulog and LoCoBot. Ubuntulog is a bot that sits in the main channels and maintains a log of that channel. the LoCoBot provides the same service, but for LoCo team channels. If you are interested in having a LoCoBot in your channel, please contact admin@ubuntu-eu.org. The channel logs from these two bots can be found online at:

Please be aware that when you are on IRC you may be logged by bots other than these, sometimes without permission of channel operators. Please keep in mind that you are in a public place and even if it is not said explicitly others may be logging their conversations which include yours. The content of all Ubuntu channels, whether official logs or otherwise, are considered to be in the public domain.

Infobots

Infobots are the bots that sit in a channel and provide various types of information upon command. The two infobots that the Ubuntu IRC community utilizes are ubotu and botijo.

ubotu

The main infobot.

This bot contains the facts database and is active in #ubuntu, #kubuntu, #kubuntu-devel, and many others. See [wiki:Ubuntu/UbotuUsage Ubotu Usage] for details on how to operate the bot. The factoid database can be found on [https://ubotu.ubuntu-nl.org/factoids.cgi here]. In #ubuntu-desktop, -devel, -bugs, -motu, -offtopic, #kubuntu-devel, #bzr and #launchpad, ubotu also listens for Launchpad/Malone/debbugs URLs and bug numbers and will give inforomation about the requested bugs. In #ubuntu-offtopic a few fun-features are enabled as well.

botijo

An infobot and logbot active in several Spanish channels.

See [http://doc.ubuntu-es.org/Proyecto:Botijo Commands of botijo] for details on how to operate the bot can be found

Registration

[http://launchpad.net/people/ubuntumembers Ubuntu members] can get an Ubuntu [http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks hostname cloak]. See https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-cloaks for information about obtaining one.

Operators

IRC operators can help you if there is a problem or disturbance in the channel. In most channels, saying « !ops » will alert operators, but this should only be done in response to serious channel emergencies. Channel operators and the [wiki:Ubuntu/IrcTeam IRC Team] can be contacted in #ubuntu-irc for general enquiries.

DCC exploit

On IRC, there is a small group of abusive users that finds it funny to send invalid DCC commands causing certain vulnerable users to disconnect. This causes a somewhat large spamming of disconnect and reconnect messages and is generally disruptive to the chat room. By default, Feisty uses port 8001 and should not need this fix, but Dapper and Edgy users may still be vulnerable. [:FixDCCExploit: More on this is available here.]

InternetRelayChat (last edited 2017-08-05 01:29:46 by bashing-om)