(A short interlude: For the sake of brevity, and because the best and most up-to-date documentation for the account creation process is available on Libera Chat's own website, this guide assumes that you already have a Libera Chat account. If you don't have an account yet, however, click Ok now in the Identities dialog window and then in the New/Edit Network dialog window. You can then connect to Libera Chat unauthenticated by selecting it in the Server List dialog window and clicking the Connect button at the bottom of the dialog window. Once you are connected to Libera Chat you can follow their instructions to create an account. Once you're done, open the Server List dialog window again (see step 1), select Libera Chat and click the Edit... button to open the Edit Network dialog window and the Edit... button again to open the Identities dialog. Note that you will need to reconnect after adding the authentication settings to connect authenticated.)
