How do I use Adium?
After you have downloaded Adium, follow these directions:
1.) After accessing Adium, go to file->add account
2.) From there, you select "IRC" and a box will pop up. Put in your desired username in the nickname box and "chat.freenode.net" in the hostname box.
3.) Before closing the window, go to options and change the port to "8001". Close the window.
4.) Right click "chat.freenode.net" and press "connect".
5.) Go back file->join group chat.
6.) In the box that pops up list the channel name you'd like to join and leave the password space blank.
7.) Press join.
Now you're connected to the IRC channel.