Use IRC on cis235-common
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a multi-person messaging system. It’s been around for a long time, is not as commonly used today as it once was. However, it is easy to install, and easy to use in a terminal window such as PuTTY.
I’ve configured IRC on cis235-common as a way that you can “talk” to me and others in the class in realtime if you wish. Why are we using this way? There is the phrase “eat your own dog food.” While not sounding very appetizing, the thought is to use your own tools yourself. This is a Linux class, so we are using a Linux solution to real-time chats.
Eventually, you’ll be able to set up a GUI interface to IRC, but for now you can try it using PuTTY (or other SSH client).