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There is a XOOPS channel on freenode but it never has more than 5 people in it. Do people not like irc and prefer the forums or is irc to old school?
If you have not used irc before why not try
chatzilla for
Firefox. Once the extension is installed and Firefox restarted click on this link to join the #xoops channel.
irc://freenode/xoops