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#acetarium is an IRC channel located on the OFTC IRC network. You can connect to the network at irc.oftc.net. Although the etymology is a matter of debate, the name seems to refer to either the Latin word for salad or to a highly exclusive living, working, and recreation center in Davis Square, Somerville.

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 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 Xchat and it should be easily available in almost any major GNU/Linux distribution.

General advice on setting up IRC can be found in this article 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: irc.oftc.net
Channel: #acetarium

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.

Face Book

This is a face book (not to be confused with the social network) for #acetarium and other top secret IRC channels. Add a link to the photo of the person below their name or upload a photograph.

Blaketh

CanoeBerry

Clint

Clint Adams (Debian, Libre.fm)

dpic

Former FSF intern. Likes free software and free culture.

TheSilentNumber on much of the internet
DPic on the rest of the internet
Danny Piccirillo by birth

FelipeSanches

Felipe Corrêa da Silva Sanches a.k.a. "Juca" (GNU LibreDWG, Universal Subtitles, Inkscape & Garoa Hacker Clube)
I blog here.

vVvA

HerraBRE

JasonWoof

Robot101

SwartzCR

TDBot

_bernie

Bernie Innocenti
Hacker extraordinaire at Codewiz, Inc.

bemasc

brett

christine

cjb

craSH

crschmidt

daf

danjared

dilinger

dithyramble

djbclark

donald

dondelelcaro

erikg

fR_

fiendish

Avi Kelman (User:Fiendish)

freedeb

I occasionally ramble over here, http://eximiousproductions.com/

gakera

gravity

isforinsects

aka: Seth, Sethish, is4

iros

ivan`

jgay

johns

jordi

jose_

jose__

kevix

Kevin Mark, Free Software Advocate, OLPC volunteer

lfaraone

Luke Faraone Debian Developer, Ubuntu MOTU, Sugar Labs guy.

m_stone

maalox

mad

mako

maluhia

marcell

mattl

Matt Lee (of FSF and Foo Communications)

Mayo

Mayo also known as Mayoneti or Lilaroja

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-I wrote the post a couple of days ago and the agdena wasn't posted then.  I'll update the post, but will you post announcements a bit earlier than 0-day in future, please?Readers can see from the link that several board members have stated on spi-general that they think there should be advice, but have any started getting it?  That's not something ordinary members can do.I probably won't be at this meeting, due to attending  after accepting an invitation sent to our local council.
+'''#acetarium''' 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>. Although the etymology is a matter of debate, the name seems to refer to either the Latin word for ''salad'' or to [[Acetarium|a highly exclusive living, working, and recreation center]] in [[wikipedia:Davis Square|Davis Square, Somerville]].
+== 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 [http://www.ixibo.com/2009/02/how-to-connect-irc-windows-linux-mac-osx/ in this article] 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>#acetarium</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.
+<!-- For those that do not do IRC, topics posted as [https://identi.ca/acetarium microblog entries on identi.ca] and an RSS feed is [https://identi.ca/api/statuses/user_timeline/203844.atom also available]. -->
+== Face Book ==
+This is a face book (not to be confused with the social network) for #acetarium and other top secret IRC channels. Add a link to the photo of the person below their name or [[Special:Upload|upload a photograph]].
+=== Blaketh ===
+=== CanoeBerry ===
+=== Clint ===
+* Clint Adams (Debian, Libre.fm)
+=== dpic ===
+[[File:sarvodaya.jpg]]
+Former FSF intern. Likes free software and free culture.
+* TheSilentNumber on much of the internet
+* DPic on the rest of the internet
+* Danny Piccirillo by birth
+=== FelipeSanches ===
+* Felipe Corrêa da Silva Sanches a.k.a. "Juca" ([http://www.gnu.org/software/libredwg GNU LibreDWG], [http://universalsubtitles.org Universal Subtitles], [http://www.inkscape.org Inkscape] & [http://garoa.net.br Garoa Hacker Clube])
+* I blog [http://jucablues.blogspot.com/ here].
+[[file:FelipeSanches.jpg|400px]]
+=== vVvA ===
+[[file: Alombana.jpg‎]]
+=== HerraBRE ===
+=== JasonWoof ===
+[[file:JasonWoof.jpg|200px]]
+=== Robot101 ===
+=== SwartzCR ===
+[[file: noahBanner.jpg|300px]]
+=== TDBot ===
+=== _bernie ===
+Bernie Innocenti <br>
+Hacker extraordinaire at [http://Codewiz Codewiz, Inc.] <br>
+[[File:BernieX200s.jpg|300px|left]]
+=== bemasc ===
+=== brett ===
+=== christine ===
+=== cjb ===
+[[file:cjb.jpg|300px]]
+=== craSH ===
+=== crschmidt ===
+[[File:crschmidt.sm.jpg]]
+=== daf ===
+[[File:daf.jpg|200px]]
+=== danjared ===
+=== dilinger ===
+[[File:Andres.jpg|300px]]
+=== dithyramble ===
+=== djbclark ===
+[[Image:Djbclark.png|thumb|280px|left]]
+=== donald ===
+=== dondelelcaro ===
+=== erikg ===
+=== fR_ ===
+=== fiendish ===
+* Avi Kelman ([[User:Fiendish]])
+[[File:FiendishProfile.jpg|200px]]
+=== freedeb ===
+[[File:Deb.jpg]]
+I occasionally ramble over here, http://eximiousproductions.com/
+=== gakera ===
+=== gravity ===
+=== isforinsects ===
+[[File:seth_woodworth.jpg|100px]]
+* aka: Seth, Sethish, is4
+=== iros ===
+[[File:Irosface.jpg‎|200px]]
+=== ivan` ===
+=== jgay ===
+=== johns ===
+=== jordi ===
+[[File:jordi.jpg]]
+=== jose_ ===
+=== jose__ ===
+=== kevix ===
+* Kevin Mark, Free Software Advocate, OLPC volunteer
+[[File:Me-by-fred-flickr.jpg|150px]]
+=== lfaraone ===
+[[File:LFaraone-oldoffice.jpg|300px]]
+[https://luke.faraone.cc/ Luke Faraone]
+Debian Developer, Ubuntu MOTU, Sugar Labs guy.
+=== m_stone ===
+=== maalox ===
+[[File:Maalox.jpg|thumb|180px|left]]
+=== mad ===
+=== mako ===
+[[Image:Mako in suit.jpg|thumb|280px|left]]
+=== maluhia ===
+[[File:maluhia.jpg|thumb|250px|left]]
+=== marcell ===
+[[file:marcell.jpg|200px]]
+=== mattl ===
+* Matt Lee (of FSF and Foo Communications)
+[[File:Mattl-profile.jpg|200px]]
+=== Mayo ===
+* [[User:Mayo|Mayo also known as Mayoneti or Lilaroja]]
+[[file:DedicatedToHerbert.JPG|400px]]
+=== mchua ===
+=== mdz ===
+[[File:Mdz.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
+=== mfb_ ===
+=== micah ===
+=== mika ===
+[[Image:Mika (glamorous).jpg|180px|left|thumb]]
+=== mindspillage ===
+=== mindstalk ===
+=== mollydb ===
+=== nifgraup ===
+=== oneironaut ===
+* [[User:oneironaut|Keith Simmons]]
+[[File:oneironaut.jpg|300px]]
+=== paulproteus ===
+=== paultag ===
+* Paul Tagliamonte
+[[File:Paultag.jpg|200px|Paul "Badass" Tagliamonte]]
+=== pde ===
+=== pyrak ===
+=== radii ===
+=== rmo ===
+[[File:rmo.jpg|200px]]
+=== schoen ===
+=== sdubois ===
+* Stevie DuBois (former FSF intern and resident bird-law expert)
+[[File:Dubiouz.jpg]]
+=== silbe ===
+* Sascha Silbe (Sugar Labs Oompa-Loompa)
+[[File:SaschaSilbe_face.jpg|200px]]
+=== slikdigit ===
+=== smari ===
+=== stargirl ===
+=== sumanah ===
+=== venkatesh ===
+=== vinay ===
+=== warren ===
+=== wgreenhouse ===
+=== xxv ===
+* [[User:Xxv|Steve Pomeroy]]
+[[File:Steve_in_IR.jpg|200px]]
+=== zeroday ===