# <a name="Internet_Relay_Chat"> Internet Relay Chat </a>

The Hurd has its own #hurd channel hosted on [Freenode.net](http://freenode.net) (renamed from [the Open Projects Network](http://www.openprojects.net)). Connect to <irc://irc.freenode.net> and `/join #hurd` to begin.

The main URLs for the project are <http://hurd.gnu.org> (official) and <http://hurd.gnufans.org> (this site) in that order.

**_Lingo:_** We use "Hird!" to say "Hello!" on the Hurd channels. Why is this? Because a female member of the community once made this mistake when typing "Hi" and it has stuck ever since.

**_Note:_** "Stupid" questions do not exist! We do sometimes forget that we have all learned how to use IRC. Please don't mind the louder voices on the channel if they seem a bit caustic.

## <a name="hurd_main_channel"> #hurd - main channel </a>

* [7 day](http://web.walfield.org/~grant/hurd-irc-stats-thisweek.html) summary (run nightly)
* [Full log](http://web.walfield.org/~grant/hurd-irc-stats.html) summary (run nightly)

## <a name="hurd_it_Italian_discussion"> #hurd-it - Italian discussion </a>

## <a name="hurd_es_Spanish_discussion"> #hurd-es - Spanish discussion </a>

* [7 day](http://web.walfield.org/~grant/hurd-es-irc-stats-thisweek.html) summary (run nightly)
* [Full log](http://web.walfield.org/~grant/hurd-es-irc-stats.html) summary (run nightly)

## <a name="hurdfr_French_discussion"> #hurdfr - French discussion </a>

* [7 day](http://web.walfield.org/~grant/hurdfr-irc-stats-thisweek.html) summary (run nightly)
* [Full log](http://web.walfield.org/~grant/hurdfr-irc-stats.html) summary (run nightly)

full text of logs is also available at <http://web.walfield.org/~deride/>