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* Re: [gentoo-dev] IRC on install CD
  @ 2002-06-10 12:04 99% ` Joachim Blaabjerg
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From: Joachim Blaabjerg @ 2002-06-10 12:04 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-dev

On Monday 10 June 2002 12:45, Wout Mertens wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> Here's an interesting idea I heard on IRC (from kraylus): provide a
> console-based IRC client on the install CD so you can immediately chat on
> #gentoo for install problems. (with a little entry in install.txt that
> explains how to use it)

Sounds like a good idea to me... We'd probably have to create a new user on 
the install CD, though. We don't want to encourage our users to IRC as root, 
now do we? Perhaps an `alias irssi='su - gentoo-install -c irssi'` could be 
an idea.

> Only, I don't know anything about console-based IRC apps, so I wouldn't
> know which one is best. pmjorange suggested irssi.

Yeah, I agree that irssi is the best choice.

Best Regards,

-- 
Joachim Blaabjerg
styx@SuxOS.org
www.SuxOS.org



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