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well.. technically you just need to fire up x-chat, it is installed by default and the default behaviour is to automatically get you to the linux mint channel
same with konverstation for KDE edition
Whether you need help, or you just want to come for a chat. The IRC channel is ready. The server is irc.spotchat.org (standard port 6667) and the channel name: #linuxmint.com