In XChat you will notice that some people have green, or yellow bubbles next to their names. In IRC, to keep order in the channels, we have people with different statuses.

This will log you in to the server and identify you, so you may then be able to regain whatever status you had on the channel before (ops, voice, half-op, etc). In the chat window, in the text box, you can type commands to IRC. Once in the channel you need to register your account so other people cannot use your nickname. You should be in the #nullbytez channel!.Now you can click close, and it will save your settings.You can also tick off Auto connect to this network at startup.(Once registered, you should come back here and have it auto-enter your nickserv password). Here, you can add #nullbytez to your list of favorite channels, do that, and you will connect to our IRC channel upon connecting to FreeNode.

Scroll down the list until you find FreeNode.

Click XChat > Network List, it is here that you enter your preferred nicknames and can mess with the server information that you want to connect to.

Your nick is your online display name that other users will see.

Open up XChat and change all of the settings to your liking, such as your nick, auto-identify password and startup networks.

Sudo make & sudo make install Step 2 Configure XChat and Connect to a Channel

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