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+Using Tox
+=========
+
+.. note:: There is a German version of this page available: :doc:`start_guide.de`
+
+
+1. :doc:`Build Tox <install>`
+2. Fix errors
+3. Consult IRC for help
+4. Go on debugging journey for devs
+5. Build Tox for real
+6. ???
+
+For all the work we've put into Tox so far, there isn't yet a decent
+guide for how you *use* Tox. Here's a user-friendly attempt at it.
+
+1. Connect to the network!
+
+   -  You need to connect to a bootstrapping server, to give you a
+      public key.
+   -  Where can I find a public server? Right here, as of now: (the help
+      message from running ``nTox`` with no args will help)
+
+      -  ``198.46.136.167 33445 728925473812C7AAC482BE7250BCCAD0B8CB9F737BF3D42ABD34459C1768F854``
+      -  ``192.81.133.111 33445 8CD5A9BF0A6CE358BA36F7A653F99FA6B258FF756E490F52C1F98CC420F78858``
+      -  ``66.175.223.88 33445  AC4112C975240CAD260BB2FCD134266521FAAF0A5D159C5FD3201196191E4F5D``
+      -  ``192.184.81.118 33445 5CD7EB176C19A2FD840406CD56177BB8E75587BB366F7BB3004B19E3EDC04143``
+
+2. Find a friend!
+
+   -  Now that you're on the network, you need a friend. To get one of
+      those, you need to to send or receive a request. What's a request,
+      you ask? It's like a friend request, but we use really scary and
+      cryptic numbers instead of names. When ``nTox`` starts, it shows
+      *your* long, scary number, called your *public key*. Give that to
+      people, and they can add you as a "friend". Or, you can add
+      someone else, with the ``/f`` command, if you like.
+
+3. Chat it up!
+
+   -  Now use the ``/m`` command to send a message to someone. Wow,
+      you're chatting!
+
+4. But something broke!
+
+   -  Yeah, pre-alpha-alpha software tends to do that. We're working on
+      it.
+   -  Please report all crashes to either the GitHub page, or
+      ``#tox-dev`` on freenode.
+
+5. Nothing broke, but what does ``/f`` mean?
+
+   -  ``nTox`` parses text as a command if the first character is a
+      forward-slash (``/``). You can check all commands in commands.md.
+
+6. Use and support Tox!
+
+   -  Code for us, debug for us, document for us, translate for us, even
+      just talk about us!
+   -  The more interest we get, the more work gets done, the better Tox
+      is.
+
+