Chat and Instant Messages
Chat and Instant Messages
There are many articles on other websites that suggest what the best app for instant messaging would be. Many of those articles are based on some personal preference of the article author, or listing technical features of various clients. Many times, you don't really have a choice. If you want to talk to a person that only has a land line telephone, then you just have to sit down with a phone and call that number. If all your friends are using ICQ, then it doesn't matter if you think Skype is better, unless you can convince all your friends to move. Therefore, assuming that you know who you want to talk to and what communications protocol they use, here is how to get in touch with them.
IRC
More information can be found in the Category:IRC.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is the main channel for support on Funtoo, aside from this wiki. This can be reached in any web browser by pointing it to https://webchat.freenode.net/. You can set any nickname and join the #funtoo channel. There is also a #gentoo channel on Freenode where people may be of assistance.
IRC clients currently available through emerge (without adding overlays):
- app-emacs/circe - Circe (Emacs IRC plugin)
- net-irc/ircii - ircII (the "original" console IRC client)
- net-irc/jircii - IRC client written in java.
- net-irc/epic4 and net-irc/epic5 - EPIC (ircII interface that can be extended with scripts, e.g. Darkstar)