[ubuntu-za] irc

[Brenton Edgar Scott]

> I'm not 100% sure, but I do think that by default XChat connects to
> freenode, although it calls it something different. So basically you
> only need to join the channel if I'm correct :

It calls it "Ubuntu Servers", but it also has a Freenode entry. Both go 
to the same place though.

Also note that there is something called xchat-gnome, which for some 
weird reason is the default one ubuntu uses. This isn't the full (or 
real) xchat, nor is it as flexible. You can normally grab the full xchat 
by typing sudo aptitude install xchat in a terminal.

There is also another client called KvIRC which is also pretty nice and 
more feature rich than xchat, but comes with the downside of having to 
download a few things if your not running Kubuntu. It's just a few Qt 
stuff, with everything totalling a 20 or so MB, so it's not really that 
big of a worry on a ADSL connection.