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  Join the Gentoo community:
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      <a href="irc-channels/" class="list-group-item">
        <h4 class="list-group-item-heading"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-comments-o"></i> IRC channels</h4>
        <p class="list-group-item-text">Gentoo offers a variety of IRC channels - everything from support to project-specific discussion.</p>
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      <a href="https://forums.gentoo.org/" class="list-group-item">
        <h4 class="list-group-item-heading"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-group"></i> Discussion forums</h4>
        <p class="list-group-item-text">5,800,000 posts and counting.</p>
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      <a href="mailing-lists/" class="list-group-item">
        <h4 class="list-group-item-heading"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-send"></i> Mailing lists</h4>
        <p class="list-group-item-text">Subscribe to announcements, or get in on technical discussions.</p>
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  Work on the distribution:
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        <h4 class="list-group-item-heading"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-gears"></i> Contribute</h4>
        <p class="list-group-item-text">There are lots of things that could be improved.</p>
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      <a href="become-developer/" class="list-group-item">
        <h4 class="list-group-item-heading"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-rocket"></i> Become a developer</h4>
        <p class="list-group-item-text">Enjoy working on Gentoo? You're invited to officially join as a developer.</p>
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      <a href="get-code/" class="list-group-item">
        <h4 class="list-group-item-heading"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-code-fork"></i> Get the code</h4>
        <p class="list-group-item-text">Get the code that powers Gentoo and start hacking!</p>
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