ok, newbie here,

i figured out how to connect to the irc.freenode.net server and register. but i can't connect to the maemo channel or even find it.

what is the way that i can do this on pidgin or even on a desktop?

there are no EXPLICIT LINE BY LINE instructions anywhere that i can see and have looked for an hour or more.

one thing i don't understand stand is whether i type in irc.freenode.net and then add the maemo channel later -- or if I should type in the exact maemo server (which I couldn't figure out)

I tried variations like maemo.freenode.net, irc.freenode.net#maemo and irc.freenode.net/#maemo but no luck

thanks in advance,

repoman