Irc

IRC (internet relay chat) is a chatroom system from the oldschool days of the internet. IRC is widely used by programmers for help, and to keep aware of various contemporary technologies and issues.

Documentation

(wikipedia) irc commands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_commands

Servers/Channels

server	homepage	rules
libera.chat	https://libera.chat/
freenode	https://freenode.net/
snoonet	https://snoonet.org/	https://snoonet.org/rules
quakenet	https://www.quakenet.org/

libera.chat

# register/login
/whois  # show your info
/msg NickServ REGISTER YourPassword youremail@example.com  # register
/msg NickServ IDENTIFY YourNickname YourPassword           # login

# cloak your ip
/j #libera-cloak
!cloakme          # bot will kick you once assigned

# search channels
/msg alis HELP LIST
/msg alis LIST searchterm

[os]
  - #libera
  - #archlinux
  - #debian
  - #freebsd
  - #voidlinux
  - #nixos

[LANG]
  - ##programming
  - #python
  - #ruby
  - #java
  - ##javascript

[LIBS/FRAMEWORKS]
  - #qt
  - #rubyonrails

[PROGS]
  - #qutebrowser
  - #wireguard
  - #zfs

[MISC]
  - ##videogames
  - #cyberpunk
  - #xeserv
  - #lobsters
  - #pine64

freenode

# connect
/nick username
/msg NickServ Identify password

# search channels
/msg alis LIST searchterm

[freenode]
  - #archlinux
  - #archlinux-arm
  - #archlinux-newbie
  - #freebsd
  - #debian

  - ##programming
  - #python
  - #ruby
  - #RubyOnRails
  - ##java
  - ##javascript
  - ##c++
  - #nixos
  - #qutebrowser

  - ##windows
  - ##windows-server

  - ##networking
  - ##security
  - #vim

  - #punk
  - #ska

  - ##videogames
  - #gentoo-games
  - #starcitizen
  - ##skyrimmods

snoonet (subreddits)

# registration
# https://snoonet.org/anope/#NickServ
/nick kaivaii  # same as reddit
/msg NickServ REGISTER <pass> <email>
# login to email
# you'll receive instructions from there

# login
/nick username
/msg NickServ Identify password

# on snoonet, you are cloaked by default. test with
/whois

# search channels
/list *vim*

[Snoonet]
  // associated to reddit  (/connect irc.snoonet.org 6697)
  - #cs
  - #games
  - #math
  - #idlerpg
  // less good...
  - #darksouls3
  - #TheElderScrolls
  - #fallout

QuakeNet

[QuakeNet] // seems promising

Etiquette

https://workaround.org/getting-help-on-irc/

Connecting

The connection settings themselves vary a bit with different irc clients but generally a session looks like:

connect/login

/connect freenode
/nick    username
/msg     NickServ identify <password>
/j       #archlinux   # join channel archlinux
/p       #archlinux   # leave channel archlinux

ignore/unignore

/ignore  add  <user-fnmatch>
/ignore  del  <user-fnmatch>
/ignore list

Finding Channels

/list *vim*   # list all channels containing 'vim'