Ubuntu Live Chat Technical Support

April 26th, 2008 | by TK |

If you need a problem with Ubuntu fixed right away, you should go to the official IRC chat room on the Freenode servers.  There is tons of people that are more than willing to help if you have a legitimate question to ask.  Here is a list of their servers taken from Freenode.net:

Asia/Pacific Rim

   Taoyuan, TW

 chat.ap.freenode.net

   tolkien.freenode.net

  
Australia

   Brisbane, AU

 chat.au.freenode.net

   asimov.freenode.net

  
Europe

   Frankfurt, DE
   Helsinki, FI
   Hoofddorp, NL
   Milano, IT
   Oslo, NO

   Umeå, SE
   Moscow, RU
   London, UK
   Vilnius, LT

 chat.eu.freenode.net

   kornbluth.freenode.net
   orwell.freenode.net
   sterling.freenode.net
   calvino.freenode.net
   adams.freenode.net
   gibson.freenode.net
   leguin.freenode.net
   lem.freenode.net
   pratchett.freenode.net
   sendak.freenode.net

 ipv6.chat.eu.freenode.net

   goethe.freenode.net
   calkins.freenode.net

   crichton.freenode.net
United States

   Corvallis, OR

   Madison, WI
   Irvine, CA
   Los Angeles, CA
   Missoula, MT

 chat.us.freenode.net

   niven.freenode.net
   zelazny.freenode.net
   brown.freenode.net
   anthony.freenode.net
   kubrick.freenode.net
   heinlein.freenode.net

  

After you are successfully connected to the IRC server of your choosing, type /nick YourName and then /join #ubuntu – You may have to register your nickname on the Freenode servers (#ubuntu requires this), so type /msg NickServ Register YourPassword – If the name isn’t already taken you will have successfully registered your name and will be able to start chatting and asking for help with your problem.  Please read the rules and follow proper chat etiquette.

Firefox users should look into ChatZilla.  Or to connect to the Freenode IRC servers through your browser, use their web based Java Client.