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| <h1>Get Started with IRC</h1> |
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| <h2>Step 0: Choose an IRC client</h2> |
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| I recommend <strong> <a href="http://gaim.sf.net">Gaim</a></strong> or |
| <strong><a href="http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla">Chatzilla</a> |
| </strong> because they are easy to use, cross-platform and open source. |
| Other popular ones include <a href="http://www.xchat.org/">X-Chat</a> |
| (Unix/Linux), <a href="http://www.adiumx.com/">AdiumX</a> |
| (Mac) and <a href="http://fire.sourceforge.net/">Fire</a> (Mac). |
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| <p><strong>Why choose Gaim?</strong><br /> |
| Gaim is slick, and it supports many IM protocols like AIM, ICQ, MSN and |
| Jabber. Learn how to use Gaim and you can use it for everything.</p> |
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| <p><strong>Why choose Chatzilla?</strong><br /> |
| Chatzilla is a plugin for Mozilla and Firefox. It's a one-click install |
| (click the link below). Chatzilla lets you have your IRC client right on |
| your browser.</p> |
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| <h2>Step 1: Install your IRC client</h2> |
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| <p>Choose a download site for <br /> |
| <a href="http://prdownloads.sf.net/gaim/gaim-1.2.0.exe?download">Windows</a>, |
| <a href="http://prdownloads.sf.net/gaim/gaim-1.2.0-0rh9.i386.rpm?download">Red Hat</a>, or |
| <a href="http://prdownloads.sf.net/gaim/gaim-1.2.0-0mdk10.0.i586.rpm?download">Mandrake |
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| <a href="http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/xpi/chatzilla-0.9.67.xpi"> |
| Install directly on Firefox or Mozilla</a>. |
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| <h2>Step 2: Initial setup |
| <span style="font-size:small">(You will only need to do this once) |
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| <a href="step2-gaim.html">Instructions for Gaim</a></td> |
| <td><a href="step2-chatzilla.html">Instructions for Chatzilla</a></td> |
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| <h2>Step 3: Join the IRC chat |
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| (You will need to do this for each confernece) |
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| <a href="step3-gaim.html">Instructions for Gaim</a></td> |
| <td><a href="step3-chatzilla.html">Instructions for Chatzilla</a></td> |
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