View source for Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

Community-based support channels are hosted on the Freenode IRC network for both USRP and GNU Radio. These channels are generally active and can often be a great way to get live, real-time help.

==IRC Introduction==
IRC is a free, open-source public chat system.<p>
Please see the resources below for more information.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial IRC Tutorial
* http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/ircinfo.html
* http://www.pyladies.com/blog/irc-resources/

== Etiquette ==
* [https://github.com/fizerkhan/irc-etiquette https://github.com/fizerkhan/irc-etiquette]

== Channels ==
There are two relevant support channels, listed below. Both are hosted on the IRC server irc.freenode.net.

* The &#35;usrp - [http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=#usrp&prompt=1 webchat] channel is aimed at discussions about USRP and UHD.

* The &#35;gnuradio - [http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=#gnuradio&prompt=1 webchat] channel is aimed at discussions about GNU Radio and SDR signal processing.

== Clients ==
There are numerous free open-source IRC clients for all operating systems.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mobile_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients

Some specific popular clients are listed below.
* https://hexchat.github.io/
* https://irssi.org/
* https://weechat.org/

A list of chat commands is below.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_commands

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