Two new IRC channels: #tangogps and #smile-slideshow

November 15, 2009 in Internet, Open source | 3 comments

I started today two new IRC channels on Freenode to discuss the usage and development of two great Free & Open source programs, Tangogps and Smile, and also to allow free & realtime discussion of the user communities.

Tangogps is a map & gps program for Linux. Tangogps is written by Marcus Bauer and ir runs on devices like Openmoko Freerunner, but also on desktop computers. The channel I started is #tangogps, feel free to join! (Ajax client and Java client)

Smile is a slideshow application for Linux by Stéphane Gibault, see my blog post on Smile. The Irc channel is #smile-slideshow. Join the discussion there! (Ajax client and Java client)

Let the discussion flow!

What’s your experience on these apps? Using Tangogps or Smile? Best things about them?

About IRC – I think the IRC commands are a bit of a pain.. on #tangogps, I first dropped my op rights only to realize that after that I wasnt’ able to register the channel.. So 4 of us had to leave the channel to gain admin rights again.. But I’m learning :)

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  2. Vadim P.’s avatar

    Vadim P. on November 15, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    I use jabber for new project channels myself… the fact that when you join a channel and get some history displayed to you (not everyone runs screen), formatting, and unlimited pastes make it very much worth it.

    Somewhat remember Smile, but never used it. All-french website too it seems?

  3. Risto H. Kurppa’s avatar

    Risto H. Kurppa on November 15, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    @Vadim: I’ve actually never tried jabber channel (although identi.ca jabber client feels like one :), maybe I should..

    Smile is nice app, easy to create nice videos. And yes, all-french website :/