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The | The FlightGear IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel is a chat room related to everything about FG. It's mostly used by developers, but it is also a good place to ask for help if you are having a question. | ||
To enter the IRC, you need an IRC client installed on your computer. For users of Mozilla browsers (like Firefox), the plugin [https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] is surely a good option. You can also use [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] or any other client. | To enter the IRC, you need an IRC client installed on your computer. For users of Mozilla browsers (like Firefox), the plugin [https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/16 ChatZilla] is surely a good option. You can also use [http://www.xchat.org/ XChat] (Linux and Windows), [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin], [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] or any other client. | ||
The IRC | The IRC chat has several channels. Unless the server is down, the main discussion takes place on the "main channel": | ||
{| | {| | ||
! !! Host !! channel | ! !! Host !! channel | ||
|- | |- | ||
|width="150px"| | |width="150px"| Main channel ||width="150px"| irc.flightgear.org || #flightgear | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Emergency backup | |Emergency backup<br>main channel || irc.freenode.net || #flightgear | ||
|- | |||
|[[FlightGear_Flight_Academy|Flight School]] || irc.flightgear.org || #fg_school | |||
|- | |||
|[[Island Virtual Airways]] || irc.flightgear.org || #islandva | |||
|- | |||
|Off topic chat || irc.flightgear.org || #fg_cantene | |||
|} | |} | ||
===How to get in there with ChatZilla=== | |||
When using ChatZilla, go to your Mozilla/Firefox browser and enter [irc://irc.flightgear.org irc://irc.flightgear.org]. When ChatZilla has connected to the host, click "IRC" and "Join channel...". Pick the preferred channel. | |||
To get directly to the main channel with ChatZilla, you can also enter [irc://irc.flightgear.org/flightgear irc://irc.flightgear.org/flightgear] in your browser. | |||