Editing Leastsquares IRC channel

'''#leastsquares''' is an [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|IRC channel]] located on the OFTC IRC network. You can connect to the network at <code>irc.oftc.net</code>. The name is a reference to [https://leastsquar.es/ Extraordinary Least Squares] — a highly exclusive living, working, and recreation center between Seattle's [[wikipedia:Montlake,_Seattle|Montlake]] and [[wikipedia:Capitol_Hill_(Seattle)|Capitol Hill]] neighborhoods.

== What is IRC? ==

IRC is like a chat system based around public channels but with the ability to do IM-like personal messages as well. It's nearly as old at the Internet and often feels like that!

To connect to IRC, you'll need an IRC client. Some IM clients like [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] support many different protocol have support for IRC as well. If you already use one of these clients, you might trying setting IRC this way. That said, most people tend to choose to use dedicated IRC clients. The most popular free software client is probably [http://xchat.org/ Xchat] and it should be easily available in almost any major GNU/Linux distribution.

General advice on setting up IRC can be found [https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC from this page] which includes instructions on setting up IRC on GNU/Linux, Windows, and Mac.

The key pieces of information you'll need to configure any client are:

* Server/Host: <code>irc.oftc.net</code>
* Channel: <code>#leastsquares</code>

Introduce yourself when you join so folks know who you are! If you explain you are new to IRC, others will more than happy to help answer any questions you have.

== Collection of strange conversations with temporary visitors =

===root===

 11:30 -!- root [~root@85.101.88.127] has joined #acetarium
 11:30 < root> hi
 11:31 < root> hi
 11:31 < daf> hi
 11:31 < root> how are you?
 11:32 < daf> fine
 11:32 < cjb> root: sudo make me a sandwich
 11:33 < root> My first attempt
 11:34 < root> I am new
 11:35 < root> Do you hear me
 11:35 < cjb> yes.
 11:36 < root> I am connected with backtrack
 11:37 < root> Do you have a backtrace knows?
 11:38 < root> My English is not good
 11:38 < root> excuse me
 11:39 < root> Is your internal Turkish?
 11:41 < root> cjb
 11:41 < root> help me
 11:42 < root> where are you from
 11:42 < cjb> root: I don't want to talk right now; try a different channel
 11:45 -!- root [~root@85.101.88.127] has quit [Quit: Leaving]