INTERNET RELAY CHAT

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 communication 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 Code of Conduct and channel guidelines.
IRC Clients
The following is just a list of programs that you can use to enter the Ubuntu channels listed below.
Ubuntu & Xubuntu (GTK+)
Pidgin - Popular instant messaging software but also supports IRC. May be easier for beginners.
XChat - GUI based IRC client.
Smuxi - A cross-platform, flexible and user-friendly IRC client for GNOME.
LostIRC - A simple GTK IRC client.
Loqui - Another GTK client, with a range of features intermediate between XChat's and LostIRC's.
Kubuntu (QT)
Quassel - KDE4/Qt based, IRC client.
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 (no support for IRC in KDE4).
Console based
Irssi - Popular command line/text based IRC client.
WeeChat - Another popular command line/text based IRC client.
ERC - an IRC client for the Emacs editor.
Other operating systems
Free or shareware IRC clients are available for most systems. For those users who would rather not search for and install an IRC client on their system, the Freenode Webchat is suggested as a way to connect to the Ubuntu IRC channels.

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