====== Accessing the #! IRC Channel ======

===== Rules =====

:!: Please see [[:irc_rules|IRC rules]] for details.

===== Clients =====

The default #! repositories has a few IRC clients available:

  * [[http://www.xchat.org/|X-Chat]] (xchat)
  * [[http://www.irssi.org/|irssi]] (irssi) | See: [[:irssi|Getting started with irssi]]
  * [[http://www.pidgin.im/|Pidgin]] (pidgin)
  * [[http://www.epicsol.org/|Epic4]] (epic4)
  * [[http://www.suckless.org/programs/ii.html|ii]] (ii)
  * [[http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/|ircii]] (ircii)
  * [[http://www.kvirc.net/|KVIrc]] (kvirc)
  * [[http://weechat.flashtux.org/|WeeChat]] (weechat-curses)


This isn't a complete list, but it covers the main IRC clients, a few more exist but are for more specialised areas (such as a pure Perl IRC client).

===== Channel =====

The #! IRC channel is on the [[http://freenode.net/|Freenode network]], connect to irc.freenode.net and this will connect you to a random server in the network. The channel name is #crunchbang. 

====== IRC Services ======

Heres a quick overview of whats available on Freenode and the #! IRC channel

===== Nickserv / Chanserv =====

Nickserv allows you to register your nickname, and even disallow other people from using it. To find out further information on this service, send "help" in a priv message to Nickserv.

Chanserv allows registered users to register channels, allowing protection of your channel and other services. Same as Nickserv, message the bot for help.

===== Crunchie =====

Crunchie is the #! Infobot, which allows the storage of factoids which can be referenced later. 

===== Scribbler =====

Scribbler is the #! Statbot.  You can see the current stats at [[http://irc.incognitus.net/crunchbang/]]