What is a great irc client to use?
reddit / irc

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iamanalterror · 2015-09-02 09:33

Hexchat. Tonnes of features, ease of use and it doesn't require a
license!

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nhooyr · 2015-09-02 09:41

weechat. gotta get that street cred.

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LocutusOfBorges · 2015-09-02 09:47

IRCCloud. It's worth the money.

While you can get an approximation of it by working with a hodgepodge
of other services, IRCCloud makes it all *somebody else's problem*.
And that's great.

Lovely client, too. Best iOS client by some way.

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[deleted] · 2015-09-02 10:03

> makes it all somebody else's problem.

What do yo umean by that?

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[deleted] · 2015-09-02 10:17

Why not pidgin?

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24cal · 2015-09-02 10:47

irssi

done

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iamanalterror · 2015-09-02 10:48

Pidgin works, but, I've found that it can close all the channels you
are connected to when you close it, which is a pain if you're
connected to a BNC.

HexChat is made specifically for IRC, too.

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24cal · 2015-09-02 10:49

Pidgin isn't primarily an IRC client. I'm not a fan of it for IRC. If
you want to use IRC properly, use a dedicated client.

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24cal · 2015-09-02 10:50

If you need to stay connected 24/7 and don't want to run a VPS, this
is true.

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24cal · 2015-09-02 10:51

IRCCloud is running on someone elses hardware which puts all that
nonsense on someone else. You don't need to worry about the hardware,
just the chatting.

If you are just getting into IRC run HexChat on Windows or Limechat on
OSX.

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iamanalterror · 2015-09-02 12:07

yeeee I use weechat

...on Arch Linux

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handl3r · 2015-09-02 12:59

irssi with screen if you like CLI, hexchat if you like GUI.

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qc_passed · 2015-09-02 13:46

the TRUE way to IRC

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survfate · 2015-09-02 13:50

Or you could use a bouncer such as firrre.com (best one imo)

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Wtass26 · 2015-09-02 17:18

> ...on Arch Linux

https://i.imgur.com/03lx8Rq.png

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gotsomefish · 2015-09-03 07:20

Lol I use antergos/arch and love this

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eax · 2015-09-03 08:46

Textual 5. Love it!

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anti_body · 2015-09-04 00:22

because everyone has different taste. you're choice is as legitimate
as anyone elses

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iamanalterror · 2015-09-20 11:40

...that's the joke