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-Welcome to JACK, the Jack Audio Connection Kit.
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-Please see the website (http://jackaudio.org/) for more information.
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+Welcome to JACK, the Jack Audio Connection Kit.
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+Please see the JACK [website](https://jackaudio.org/) and [wiki](https://github.com/jackaudio/jackaudio.github.com/wiki) for more information. There are also the #jack and #lad chat channels on [freenode IRC](https://freenode.net/).