IRC client recommendation

funklord · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 78

I've never used an IRC client except for mirc. I tried bitchx because it was the only irc client I know of on linux, and I didn't like it; first I tried to register a nick with nickserv and it blocked them for "flooding", then I couldn't figure out how to close the damn program! Is there a nice, easy to use GUI'd IRC client anybody'd like to let me know about? I'm not some kind of power user or DCC sharer anymore, I just want to be able to join channels and chat and do the normal IRC stuff.

floffe · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:37 pm Post subject:

cato` · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:39 pm Post subject:

X-chat if you really need a GUI, but try irssi in your terminal. Irssi is the best!

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Progman3K · l33t Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 773

Try Gaim, it has a simple IRC client built into it.
I'm not an expert, the reason I recommend Gaim is because I already use it to send instant messages on MSN and ICQ.

One day I wanted to visit an IRC channel for some information, so I simply added an IRC account in Gaim.

It worked right away.

codergeek42 · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject:

nyteryda · Guru Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 337 Location: London

irssi

Let face it, it can't be said too many times
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placeholder · Advocate Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500

I also say irssi. Go with XChat if you want a GTK2-based GUI client though.

Athas · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject:

Sure, X-Chat is likely the most beginnerfriendly IRC-client around, but if you want real power, ERC is the only viable choice.
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Hayl · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject:

irssi, all you ever need... powerful, small, non-buggy.
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funklord · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 78

I just emerged xchat and have been using it for a couple minutes. It is exactly what I was looking for. I'll probably look into using gaim also. I didn't know it had that capability in it.

Thanks for the suggestions everybody!

Monkeywrench · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:15 pm Post subject:

If you didn't like BitchX, you might not like Irssi. It's another text IRC client. I didn't like BitchX or Irssi at first, but learned to love it. You just have to be patient and read the very good documentation on http://irssi.org (it's way better than BitchX docs for sure).

Xchat is nice in that it has a very smooth GUI and lots of options are accessible through menus. Irssi is nice because it uses less resources and can be made to look very pretty with themes.
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Flammie · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

Last I tried, Gaim's IRC wasn't stable enough for more than random use. I think they reworked the protocol plugin recently, but for the user interface I'd still prefer XChat. Of course now that Xchat has as anal licensing tricks as mIrc, I wouldn't recommend it anymore, so perhaps gaim is the way to go nowadays. It just might be a bit problematic because it's so obvious from UI that it's built on top of IM program, and not any conventional IRC client.

amne · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:52 am Post subject:

Please see irc progs.

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