How to chat with other KDE users/ca

Chat in a Browser

Una de les millors maneres d'obtenir respostes és demanar-se-les a altres usuaris. Això és el que l'IRC (Internet Relay Chat) pot facilitar. Durant la vostra participació podeu preguntar i alhora animar-vos a respondre les preguntes d'altres usuaris quan sigueu capaç -coneixeu la resposta-. Per unir-vos a un xat de KDE,

• apunteu el navegador a http://webchat.freenode.net

• decidiu un nom d'usuari i entreu-lo

• com a canal, entreu #kde o #el_nom_del_canal_que_s'us_ha_indicat_utilitzar

• escriviu el text que es mostra gràficament (aquest és un codi en una imatge per a mantenir allunyats als spammers)

• feu clic sobre Connecta

Tindreu l'oportunitat de parlar amb tots els altres participants en el canal #kde.

Aquestes instruccions també es poden veure com un vídeo aquí.

Aquí hi ha una llista dels canals IRC. Per entrar en un altre canal (sobre fedora en aquest exemple), escriviu

/join #fedora-kde

Si voleu més opcions de configuració de les que us pot proporcionar un navegador, podeu instal·lar aplicacions d'IRC com Quassel o Konversation.

Setting up Konversation

Konversation is one of the easiest applications to set up that you'll ever meet. Most of the settings have defaults that are perfect, so here is what you need to do:

• Find Konversation in your menu and launch it
• The address of a Freenode server is already listed
• Click Connect
• Type the name that you want to be your username in the small box at the bottom left of the screen. If it is not already in use, it's yours for the session.
• The long bar below the chat window is where you enter all your test, so first you need to join a channel. Enter, for example, /join #mageia-kde or /join #kde-es if you want to talk to KDE users in Spain.

That's it! You're on your way!

Some optional settings for your convenience

The channel you have joined shows in a tab along the bottom of the window. Right-click on the tab. Two helpful settings there are:

• Enable Notifications (from the settings window you can tell it to play a sound if someone says your name, for instance)
• Join on Connect - automatically connecting you with the channels you have found useful, next time you connect.

In the Settings there are a few very useful ones to consider:

• Identities - there you can set the name that you prefer to use. It is wise to have a couple of variations (most people add an underscore at the end of their name, for instance, as a second choice) so that if your name is in use, Konversation will fall back to the second choice. You need not set anything in the other two tabs on that page.

• Configure Notifications - choose a flashing taskbar, a sound, or "Mark taskbar entry" which colours the tab for the things you most need to be aware of. I would suggest these as your starting list:

• • Query (someone wants to have a private conversation with you)
  • Nickname written

You can add others later if you find them useful.