Editing Acetarium (IRC)

'''#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]].

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File:Unknown.png|Blaketh
File:Unknown.png|CanoeBerry
File:Unknown.png|Clint (Debian, Libre.fm)
File:FelipeSanches.jpg|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:kxra.jpg|Kẏra (or Kira or Kyra) is an FSF employee and Hampshire College student. They like free software and free culture. * Uses they/them pronouns. * Danny Piccirillo by birth
File:Alombana.jpg‎|vVvA
File:Unknown.png|HerraBRE 
File:JasonWoof.jpg|JasonWoof
File:Unknown.png|Robot101 
File: noahBanner.jpg|SwartzCR
File:Unknown.png|TDBot 
File:BernieX200s.jpg|_bernie -- Bernie Innocenti, Hacker extraordinaire at [http://Codewiz Codewiz, Inc.]
File:Unknown.png|bemasc 
File:Unknown.png|brett
File:catherio.jpg|catherio
File:Unknown.png|christine 
File:cjb.jpg|cjb
File:Unknown.png|craSH 
File:crschmidt.sm.jpg|crschmidt
File:daf.jpg|daf
File:Unknown.png|danjared 
File:Andres.jpg|dilinger
File:Unknown.png|dithyramble 
File:Djbclark.png|djbclark
File:Unknown.png|donald 
File:Unknown.png|dondelelcaro 
File:Unknown.png|erikg 
File:Unknown.png|fR_ 
File:FiendishProfile.jpg|[[User:Fiendish]] (Avi Kelman)
File:Deb.jpg|freedeb -- I occasionally ramble over here, http://eximiousproductions.com/
File:Unknown.png|gakera 
File:Unknown.png|gravity 
File:Unknown.png|isd -- http://www.zenhack.net
File:seth_woodworth.jpg|isforinsects -- aka: Seth, Sethish, is4
File:Irosface.jpg‎|iros
File:Unknown.png|ivan` 
File:Unknown.png|jgay 
File:Unknown.png|johns 
File:jordi.jpg|jordi
File:Unknown.png|jose_ 
File:Me-by-fred-flickr.jpg|kevix -- Kevin Mark, Free Software Advocate, OLPC volunteer
File:LFaraone.jpg| lfaraone -- [https://luke.faraone.cc/ Luke Faraone] -- Debian Developer, Ubuntu MOTU, Sugar Labs guy.
File:Unknown.png|m_stone 
File:Maalox.jpg|maalox
File:Unknown.png|mad -- [[Madeleine]] Price Ball
File:Mako in suit.jpg|mako
File:maluhia.jpg|maluhia
File:marcell.jpg|marcell
File:doctormo.jpg|Martin Owens (DoctorMO) Programmer, Artist, etc.
File:Mattl-profile.jpg|mattl -- Matt Lee (ex-FSF and still with Foo Communications)
File:DedicatedToHerbert.JPG|Mayo -- [[User:Mayo|Mayo also known as Mayoneti or Lilaroja]]
File:Unknown.png|mchua 
File:Mdz.jpg|mdz
File:Unknown.png|mfb_ 
File:Unknown.png|micah 
File:Mika (glamorous).jpg|mika
File:katspacenecklace.jpg|mindspillage -- Kat Walsh
File:CarolinaListeningsmall.jpg|missperovaz -- Carolina Brum 
File:Unknown.png|mollydb 
File:Unknown.png|nifgraup
File:Nikete wiki.png|nikete  
File:oneironaut.jpg|oneironaut -- [[User:oneironaut|Keith Simmons]]
File:Unknown.png|paulproteus 
File:Paultag.jpg|paultag -- Paul Tagliamonte
File:Unknown.png|pde 
File:Unknown.png|pyrak 
File:Unknown.png|radii 
File:rmo.jpg|rmo
File:Unknown.png|schoen
File:Dubiouz.jpg|sdubois -- Stevie DuBois (former FSF intern and resident bird-law expert)
File:Unknown.png|shauna
File:SaschaSilbe_face.jpg|silbe -- Sascha Silbe (Sugar Labs Oompa-Loompa)
File:Unknown.png|slikdigit 
File:Unknown.png|smari 
File:Unknown.png|stargirl 
File:Unknown.png|sumanah 
File:MagicNoah.png|swartzcr
File:Unknown.png|venkatesh 
File:Unknown.png|vinay 
File:Unknown.png|warren 
File:Unknown.png|wgreenhouse 
File:Steve_in_IR.jpg|xxv -- [[User:Xxv|Steve Pomeroy]]
File:Unknown.png|[http://mindstalk.net zdamien]
File:Unknown.png|zeroday 

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