[TriLUG] IRC clients

[Jeremy Portzer]

BitchX is based on ircii (think "IRC 2") which is a very old text-based 
IRC client.  Epic is based on ircii as well.  Irssi, while it operates 
with some of the same basic keys and conventions as ircii, it written from 
the ground up and is on the whole a better program, IMO.

If you want text-based, you really can't beat irssi.  It does just about
everything you need, yet it's pretty intuitive for new users.

For graphical-based IRC, I like xchat, but be sure to turn off the really 
annoying messages that announce when you're "away".  Also, the latest 
version of Chatzilla (included in mozilla 1.4) is MUCH better than 
previous versions, which were pretty limited in their feature set.

--Jeremy , who notes that of the 47 people currently logged in to the 
TriLUG IRC channel (#trilug on irc.trilug.org), about 22 of them are using 
irssi.  Not a majority, but very close.  :-)

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Roy Vestal wrote:

> IIRC, BitchX is based on irssi, or is it iirc?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Murphy" <s.murphy at trifith.cotse.net>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] IRC clients
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 12:07, Chris Bullock wrote:
> > > gaim
> > >
> > > Daniel Monjar wrote:
> > >
> > > > What is a good IRC client to use with linux?  It X better than a
> > > > console based one?
> > > >
> > > > I know this is like asking what is the best editor to use, not looking
> > > > to start a war... just for some pointers.
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > D
> > > > an
> >
> > Alot of us use irssi (http://www.irssi.org). It's console based. I run
> > it over an ssh conection just fine. It has many useful scripts available
> > and you can write more (perl based).
> >
> > -- 
> > Sean Murphy - s.murphy at trifith.cotse.net - http://acherial.homelinux.net
> > ::insert smart ass remark here::
> >
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> 

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