All IRC channels
This page offers a listing of all official IRC channels we maintain.
Before joining a channel…
…please be sure that you have taken note of our IRC guidelines. Also, do read the channel's topic, it might just answer your question already.
…please be sure that you have taken note of our IRC guidelines. Also, do read the channel's topic, it might just answer your question already.
Primary support channels
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| #gentoo | Issues with your installation, got a problem with Xorg? Give #gentoo a try! |
| #gentoo-dev | Discussion about the active development of Gentoo Linux, requires voice (+v). |
| #gentoo-groupcontacts | Gentoo Group Contacts are the official means of requesting or reporting an issue with a Freenode cloak or channel, etc. |
| #gentoo-ops | Questions or complaints about #gentoo policy or bans must be raised here only. |
Architecture/Platform support channels
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| #gentoo-alpha | Gentoo Linux/Alpha |
| #gentoo-amd64 | Gentoo Linux/AMD64 |
| #gentoo-amd64-dev | Gentoo Linux/AMD64 Developer Channel |
| #gentoo-bsd | Gentoo *BSD |
| #gentoo-hppa | Gentoo Linux/HPPA |
| #gentoo-ia64 | Gentoo Linux/IA-64 |
| #gentoo-mips | Gentoo Linux/MIPS |
| #gentoo-powerpc | Gentoo Linux/PowerPC (PPC and PPC64) |
| #gentoo-sparc | Gentoo Linux/Sparc |
| #gentoo-x86 | Gentoo Linux/x86 development |
General and development channels
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| #gentoo-accessibility | The Accessibility project |
| #gentoo-apache | Gentoo Apache development related chat |
| #gentoo-bugs | Gentoo BugDay Events, Gentoo Bug Fixing |
| #gentoo-cluster | Gentoo Linux/Clustering |
| #gentoo-council | Gentoo Council |
| #gentoo-commits | Real-time Gentoo Git commit information |
| #gentoo-comrel | The Community Relations project |
| #gentoo-db | Database-related Packages and Discussion. |
| #gentoo-desktop | Developers & Users, all things desktop |
| #gentoo-dev-help | Ebuild Writers' Workplace |
| #gentoo-doc | Gentoo Documentation Development |
| #gentoo-dotnet | Gentoo Dotnet Development |
| #gentoo-embedded | Embedded Gentoo Linux |
| #gentoo-events | Planning and Real-Time Chat during Gentoo public events |
| #gentoo-forums | Gentoo Forums related chat |
| #gentoo-games | Gentoo Linux native gaming discussion (no Cedega/Wine) |
| #gentoo-guis | Gentoo GUIs Project |
| #gentoo-hardened | Hardened Gentoo Linux |
| #gentoo-haskell | Haskell Packages |
| #gentoo-java | Java related chat |
| #gentoo-kde | KDE package maintainance |
| #gentoo-kernel | Gentoo Kernel development discussion |
| #gentoo-laptop | Laptop related chat |
| #gentoo-lisp | Gentoo Lisp related chat |
| #gentoo-media | Gentoo multimedia development |
| #gentoo-mirrors | Gentoo mirrors and administration chat |
| #gentoo-multilib | Gentoo multilib project support channel |
| #gentoo-netmail | Mail-related packages |
| #gentoo-netmon | Network Monitoring Packages |
| #gentoo-office | Gentoo Office support channel |
| #gentoo-openbsd | Gentoo Portage on OpenBSD |
| #gentoo-overlays | Support channel for the Gentoo Overlays project |
| #gentoo-perl | All things Gentoo perl |
| #gentoo-php | Gentoo PHP discussion/support |
| #gentoo-portage | Gentoo Portage Development |
| #gentoo-pr | The Public Relations project |
| #gentoo-proxy-maint | Discussion channel for Proxy Maintainers |
| #gentoo-prefix | The Gentoo Prefix project |
| #gentoo-python | Gentoo Python discussion/support |
| #gentoo-qa | Gentoo Quality Assurance |
| #gentoo-qt | Gentoo Qt Project |
| #gentoo-releng | Gentoo Release Engineering internal discussion |
| #gentoo-ruby | Ruby on Gentoo |
| #gentoo-science | Gentoo Scientific Project |
| #gentoo-security | Discussions about the security of Gentoo Linux |
| #gentoo-server | Server related chat |
| #gentoo-soc | Our participation in the Google Summer of Code |
| #gentoo-sunrise | Project Sunrise - Gentoo User Overlay |
| #gentoo-toolchain | Discussion about the Gentoo toolchain (GCC, libc, binutils, etc.) |
| #gentoo-trustees | The Trustees of the Gentoo Foundation |
| #gentoo-vbox | Support and development channel for virtualbox on gentoo |
| #gentoo-vdr | Gentoo VDR and DVB related chat |
| #gentoo-vim | Gentoo Vim discussion |
| #gentoo-voip | Voice over IP related Discussion |
| #gentoo-vps | Gentoo Virtual Private Server related chat |
| #gentoo-web | Everything web- and webapp related (on Gentoo of course) |
| #gentoo-wiki | Gentoo Wiki discussion |
| #gentoo-wine | Support and development channel for Wine and related applications |
| #gentoo-www | Discussions about gentoo.org web sites and applications |
| #gentoo-xfce | Gentoo XFCE desktop environment discussion |
International channels
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| #gentoo-au | Australia |
| #gentoo-be | In het Nederlands |
| #gentoo-br | Português do Brasil |
| #gentoo-by | На беларускай мове |
| #gentoo.cs | česky a slovensky |
| #gentoo-cn | 简体中文 |
| #gentoo-de | Auf Deutsch |
| #gentoo-dk | På Dansk |
| #gentoo-el | Στα Ελληνικά |
| #gentoo-es | En español |
| #gentoo-fi | Suomeksi |
| #gentoofr | En français |
| #gentoo-id | Komunitas Pengguna Gentoo Indonesia |
| #gentoo-in | Support for Indian Gentoo Users and Indic localization |
| #gentoo-ir | Support for Iranian Gentoo Users and localization |
| #gentoo-it | In Italiano |
| #gentoo-ja | 日本語で |
| #gentoo-nl | In het Nederlands |
| #gentoo-no | På norsk |
| #gentoo-pl | Po Polsku |
| #gentoo-pt | Em Português |
| #gentoo-ro | Discuţii în limba română |
| #gentoo-rs | Na srpskom jeziku (I njemu sličnim) |
| #gentoo-ru | На русском языке |
| #gentoo-se | På svenska |
| #gentoo-tr | Resmi Gentoo Türkiye kanalı |
| #gentoo-tw | 使用繁體中文(台灣) |
| #gentoo-ua | Українською |
| #gentoo-uk | United Kingdom |
| #gentoo-ve | Venezuela |