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You need to register on the forum to be able to post messages and get support. To do this, click the <emphasis role="strong">Register</emphasis> link displayed on the home page which will lead to the following page:
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Follow all the instructions on this and the following pages to sign on to the Ubuntu forum. You will then receive a confirmation that your registration is complete.
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You can now sign in with your new user name and password and start using the Web forum for posting new messages and searching the existing ones. The postings on the Web forum are segregated into several categories based on their subject. To get an answer for a specific question, you may first look into the related category. Each category contains threads to all the postings already made under that category.
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An alternate method to search the desired information is by using the <emphasis role="strong">Search</emphasis> option on the right of the home page. You can type your question in the <emphasis role="strong">Search Forums</emphasis> field and run a search. It is more than likely that you will find your desired information in these postings.
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However, if you do not find the required information in the questions that have already been asked, you can create a new posting on the Web forum. You are likely to receive an answer very quickly, otherwise the Unanswered Posts Team will pick up your post within 24 hours.
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The IRC channels are a form of real-time Internet chat that enable users to talk directly (and immediately) with one another.
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IRC channels are available on the freenode network, irc.freenode.net. The best channel for you to interact with other Ubuntu users is #ubuntu. Other specialised channels related to Ubuntu variants, such as #kubuntu, #edubuntu and #xubuntu are also available. In addition, channels related to bugs, development, LoCo teams, accessibility and documentation are also available.
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To see a list of IRC channels and clients, go to <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat</ulink>.
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There are many ways to connect to an IRC channel and one of them is by using the Pidgin instant messenger. Connecting to Pidgin was covered in Lesson 3.
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