How to reach developers and users via irc (chat)
- #avrboard IRC channel on server efnet.xs4all.nl (set your IRC client. There are plenty clients available. [xhcat] works reasonably on linux and win32)
CGI-irc gateway whenever someone behind firewall only has browser.
Anyone can point to a working CGI-irc gateway ?
- original cgi-irc link (set #avrboard channel and efnet.xs4all.nl servername!): [chat.net CGI IRC gateway] - doesn't seem to work recently
- http://www.directory.co.uk/CGI_Irc.htm to find a CGI IRC gateway if the above says "too many connections"
- this did not allow setting #avrboard channel, I think: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/welcome/irc.cgi
When making queries, the best way is to write the setup/problem in wiki (often under MembersPage) and ask on irc copypasting the wiki link (except for the most simple questions when the wiki query might be useless - not interesting for others - if the question is answered right away).
Remember that anything written on irc will be lost ("formatting" is too noisy, so almost noone reads the whole irclog) so if something deserves to stay, it should be in wiki (or in version tracking system like CVS or SubVersionSvn).
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