The first time you configure irc, you choose those for yourself. This is something irc fails to explain. Once you login, there may be a Nickserver to use to register your credentials if those aren't already used by another irc user. Very adviseable to do so since credentials that look interesting to others will be stolen unless you get them registered first. That happened to me on freenode so I arranged for different credentials in that instance. On Sun, 18 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hello there, > > Thanks for the suggestion. > Last night I installed both pidgin and the purple-plugin-pack, but when I > tried to add an IRC account with it, it asked me for a username, password > and local alias. > When I clicked on the link Didier gave the list, a page opened up saying > that there was nothing there. > So how am I supposed to get a username and pass for any IRC server? Is it > the same for every server? > These might be dum questions, but IRC is something I've heard about, but > never dove into. > Thanks for any pointers/answers/articles/whatever. > Best regards. > Francisco. > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 7:40 PM Linux for blind general discussion < > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Pidgin is very much usable with Orca, although you will also want to > > install the package called purple-plugin-pack. It gives you a few extras > > that you can enable to make your IRC experience even better. It also > > includes a hotkey plugin that will toggle your buddy list and bring up > > the accounts and plugins windows from any workspace. > > > > ~Kyle > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list