#PLUG

What?

There is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel on the Libera.Chat IRC network. It is a place to talk to other people in PLUG in real time through a text interface.

To Get There:

Go to libera.chat.
Download, install, and run an IRC program listed on the "Choosing an IRC client" page. (Or install from one of your Linux distributions packages.)
Connect to Libera.Chat using the instructions on the "Connecting to Libera.Chat" page.
/join #plug (commands start with "/", channels typically start with "#")

Idling Strongly Encouraged

Some channels strongly prefer that you disconnect from IRC when you're away from your computer. We prefer that you stay around.

Advantages the #PLUG (Libera.Chat) Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel has over other resources:

#PLUG (Libera.Chat):

It will be more personal, and you're be a lot more likely to get an answer from somebody you may have met than an annonymous face amongst the noise.
It's a lot less noisy.

PLUG mailing list:

There are times when you wish to discuss a subject that's not related to the plug mailing list enough to post it, but which would still be of sufficient interest to the group to bring up in casual conversation (realtime chat).
If you have a panic question, it has a fair chance of getting answered faster in IRC, and interactive discussion is much more smooth and quick.

Stay for a while

Once you get to the channel, stay for a bit. Many of us are in irc at all times, but not necessarily looking at that screen at all times. If you come into the channel, scream for attention for 3 minutes, then leave, it is really agravating. Leave it open for at least a half hour.