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Introduction
IRC is used to get on-line Real Time Help.
Read first: http://www.debian.org/support#irc
To connect, you need an IRC client.
More information can be found on GettingHelpOnIrc. The channel has its own FAQ.
Official Debian IRC channels
The hostname irc.debian.org is an alias for irc.oftc.net. That means that the official Debian IRC channels are on the OFTC IRC network:
#debian: Meant for Debian users support. Any questions related to using Debian are welcome. See how to get useful help on IRC.
#debian-au: Australian Debian users and developers chat
#debian-boinc: http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC - http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianBOINCMaintainers
#debian-boot: Meant for discussing the Debian installer (and, occasionally, supporting users of it).
#debian-br: for Lusophone. Por favor, use #debian-br para ajuda em português.
#debian-bugs: Meant for discussing how to fix bugs. This channel is not for reporting bugs.
#debian-catalan: Debian en Català
#debian-cd: Discussion about development of the debian-cd package and the production and distribution of official CD and DVD images.
#debian-devel: Meant for discussions about the development of Debian. This channel is not a support channel. Asking support questions here is inappropriate.
#debian-custom: http://wiki.debian.org/CDDT - http://wiki.debian.org/Simple-CDD - http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends
#debian.de: German-language user channel, also developers.
#debian-desktop: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-desktop/
#debian-devel.de: German developer channel. Used when #debian.de is busy. Not a support channel.
#debian-es: for Hispanophone. Hispanohablantes: Por favor usen #debian-es, alli obtendran mas ayuda.
#debian-fr: for Francophone. Les personnes qui parlent francais mais peu ou pas anglais et qui ont besoin d'aide avec Debian peuvent demander sur #debian-fr.
#debian-id: Indonesian Debian Users
#debian-in: Indian Debian Users
#debian-installer: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
#debian-irc: http://www.debian.org/support#irc - http://wiki.debian.org/IRC
#debian-it: for Italian speakers. Le persone che parlano italiano possono chiedere e ottenere aiuto in questo canale. it/IRC/debian-it.
#debian-jr: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ - http://wiki.debian.org/DebianJr
#debian-kde: Support channel for KDE in Debian
#debian-mentors: Meant for support for beginning developers. See also the debian-mentors mailing list.
#debian-mozext: http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianMozExtTeam
#debian-newmaint: New Maintainer Process - https://nm.debian.org/ - http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint
#debian-nl: for dutch speakers. Voor ondersteuning in het Nederlands.
#debian-ocaml: Packaging and development of OCaml-related stuff in Debian.
#debian-oo: ?LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org legacy packaging channel
#debian-ops: #debian operators channel | http://wiki.debian.org/IRC | http://ircbots.debian.net/
#debian-ps3: Debian on ?PlayStation3 - http://wiki.debian.org/PS3
#debian-python: Packaging and development of Python-related stuff in Debian - http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython
#debian-qa: Debian Quality Assurance - http://qa.debian.org/.
#debian-release: Debian Release Management - http://release.debian.org ; NOT a support channel, only release related discussion here
#debian-ro: Romanian Debian community and Romanian translators for Debian
#debian.si: For Slovene speakers. Kanal za slovenske uporabnike.
#debian-soc: Google Summer of Code - http://wiki.debian.org/gsoc
#debian-tc: Debian Technical Committee - http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte
#debian-testing-security: http://testing-security.debian.net/
#debian-uk: Debian in the UK (United Kingdom, not Ukraine); NOT a support channel.
#debian-uy: Debian Uruguay - http://debian.org.uy
#debian-vim: Packaging and development of Vim-related stuff in Debian.
#debian-webapps: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/webapps-common/
#debian-women: discussion about Debian Women.
#debian-worldmap: http://io.debian.net/~tar/debian-worldmap/
#debian-www: http://www.debian.org/devel/website/ - http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Webmaster
#debian-zenoss: http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ZenossPackaging
#debian channels have a Netiquette.
See also
IRC servers: http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/networks/
DebianMailingLists -- Obtain support via email