Week 1: Communication Lab

Welcome to my SBR600 Blog Page!

Hi! 
My name is Yauheni Khabian. However, I prefer that people call me Eugene or simply Gene. I am a CTY student completing my 6th semester at Seneca@York.


My FAS2 Page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ykhabian
My Seneca Wiki: http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Ykhabian


Setting up IRC:
I chose to use Xchat because I already had some previous experience with it. Here is how I installed Xchat on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala).

First open terminal: press ALT+F2 and type in "gnome-terminal" into the empty field followed by Return.
Next check what packages are available (you might have to add some sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list):


bccp@bccp-laptop:~$ sudo apt-cache search xchat
[sudo] password for bccp:
xchat-gnome - a new frontend to the popular X-Chat IRC client
xchat-gnome-common - a new frontend to the popular X-Chat IRC client
bleachbit - delete unnecessary files from the system
pidgin-plugin-pack - Collection of Pidgin plugins
xchat - IRC client for X similar to AmIRC
xchat-common - Common files for X-Chat
xchat-gnome-indicator - XChat-GNOME Indicator Plugin
xchat-guile - Guile scripting plugin for XChat
xchat-indicator - XChat Indicator Plugin
xchat-otr - Off-the-Record Messaging Plugin for X-Chat
xchat-xsys - x-chat plugin that can display your current system statistics
xul-ext-ubuntu-it-menu - Firefox extension for a quick browse of Ubuntu-it community

Now install xchat-gnome:
bccp@bccp-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install xchat-gnome

Go into Applications>Internet>XChat IRC and set your username, nickname, real name and select the server you want to join. In this case FreeNode.
At the channel popup box type in seneca to join #seneca channel and click Connect.

Chat away!

IRC Chat Log: 
* Now talking on #seneca

* Topic for #seneca is: A channel for students and others learning about open source development. | Learning materials at http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki | http://tinyurl.com/seneca-planet | http://cdot.senecac.on.ca - Centre for Development of Open Technology | Off-topic -> #seneca-social | See also irc://irc.mozilla.org/#seneca

* Topic for #seneca set by ctyler!~chris@global.proximity.on.ca at Tue Mar 30 14:29:23 2010
<ykhabian> hello there, doing my week 1 communication lab for SBR600 :)
<atpruteanu> heh
<kweber1> hey
<kweber1> me too
<ykhabian> nice, pretty straight forward lab but i can see how this course can cause some headaches
<atpruteanu> true but that usually means we're learning something
<ykhabian> yup, no pain no gain
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<ykhabian> so what irc client is everyone using here?