<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Alan was kind enough to
set an IRC channel for the KLUG and also send through some
instructions and links to help people use it which I've included below<br></p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">He also sent me a link
to a load of video lectures given by Hampshire lug members that are
worth checking out;
<a href="http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=hampshire+linux+user+group" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=hampshire+linux+user+group</a></p>


<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KLUG IRC </span>- 
<a href="http://irc.lug.org.uk/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">irc.lug.org.uk
/ #klug</a></p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">There is no agenda as
such, discussions are generally free-form and civilised. You can of
course also join and 'idle' in the channel and watch the animals in
the 'zoo' perform (if you're truly that bored). Come visit us when
ever you feel like it!<br><br>Popular IRC clients (linked below)
include XChat, gaim, irssi and EPIC<br>on Unix, and XChat &amp; gaim
under windows. There's also a Java based IRC<br>client.</p>

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Once opened, most IRC
clients should allow you to connect and join us<br>with the commands
&quot;/server <a href="http://irc.lug.org.uk/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">irc.lug.org.uk</a>&quot;
and &quot;/join #klug&quot;. More<br>documentation is linked below
for more of these commands. Many GUI based<br>IRC clients also have a
point and click interface which means you may<br>not even have to use
the commands if they scare you.<br><br>For those of you stuck behind
nasty corporate proxies and firewalls<br>there is also CGI:IRC which
allows access to IRC via a standard web<br>browser and HTTP.<br><br>Here
are some links to help you get started with IRC.<br><br>Linux/Unix<br><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.xchat.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.xchat.org/</a><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.irssi.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">

http://www.irssi.org/</a><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.epicsol.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.epicsol.org/</a><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://gaim.sf.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">

http://gaim.sf.net/</a><br><br>Windows<br><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.psyon.org/projects/xchat-win32/index.php" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.psyon.org/projects/xchat-win32/index.php
</a><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.silverex.org/download/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.silverex.org/download/</a><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Chat#Unofficial_Versions_and_Builds" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Chat#Unofficial_Versions_and_Builds</a><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://gaim.sourceforge.net/win32/index.php" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://gaim.sourceforge.net/win32/index.php
</a><br><br>Java<br><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://jircii.hick.org/jircii/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://jircii.hick.org/jircii/</a><br><br>CGI:IRC<br><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://cgiirc.blitzed.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">

http://cgiirc.blitzed.org/</a><br><br>Documentation<br><br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.xchat.org/docs/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.xchat.org/docs/</a>
- XChat specific
documentation<br>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html</a>
- General IRC help<br>&nbsp;<a href="http://wiki.blitzed.org/New_users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://wiki.blitzed.org/New_users</a>
- Getting started<br>&nbsp;<a href="http://wiki.edubuntu.org/XChatHowto" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://wiki.edubuntu.org/XChatHowto</a>
(great how-to on connecting for the<br>first time)<br><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Any problems then just
post on the mailing list<br>See you there!<br>Dan</p>