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h1. IRC Channel

The OpenSSO community uses  the #opensso channel at freenode.net (use [irc://irc.freenode.net/opensso]). You can [install a client|#OpenSSOIRCChannel-InstallingClients] or just use the [Mibbit|http://www.mibbit.com] IRC widget [by clicking here|http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=a7d776507a4db5d840d39b082ea4673a&server=irc.freenode.net&channel=%23opensso&noServerNotices=true&noServerMotd=true].

h3. Installing Clients

There are many clients available free and [xchat|http://www.xchat.org/] seems be the most popular. Check out [free Win32 XChat clients|http://silenceisdefeat.org/~b0at/xchat/win32/].

[Colloquy|http://colloquy.info] works well on Mac OS X.

There is also a very extensive list of clients (with reviews) at [http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/].

Or if you already use the popular [Pidgin|http://www.pidgin.im] instant messaging client, you can configure it to connect to IRC. Some instructions are available at [http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#IRCProtocol].

If you are behind a firewall, you will need to configure your client to work with an HTTP or SOCKS proxy.

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