IRC Linux channel?

Hello all, Im a bit new to all of this but have been messin with Linux
for about a year. So I will ask my newbie question and look like a fool
for the proverbial 5 min. <G> Im not sure how to connect to the
Pretorian.atx.cx chat thingy with the IRC. I try to connect and it
always times out. What am I doing wrong? I have tried X-Chat IRC Client
and Mozilla-IRC. If someone could help me set that up I would greatly
appreciate it. Thanks.

Luke