Which Debian Irc client you suggests?
reddit / irc

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0liv4 · 2019-04-19 16:23

I've just switched to debian and as windows user I used hex chat but I
don't find a version for debian so which client suggest you?

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flotwig · 2019-04-19 16:27

You can download HexChat from the official debian apt repositories:

`apt install hexchat`

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/hexchat

If you're really trying to embrace Linux, you could try a CLI-based
IRC client. Some notable examples include irssi.

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Baumerang · 2019-04-19 16:31

Hex chat is there. You might try Quassel-IRC which allows you to
easily set up a Core “server” that stays connected even when the
client disconnects.

You can do this on the command line with something like screen + irssi
or WeeChat; but if you’re just getting this started, this GUI method
can help you wrap your mind around the concept.

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Saber_UK · 2019-04-19 16:35

HexChat is probably your best option but with how out of date IRC
software is on Debian i'm not sure if there's anything you'll have a
good experience with.

You probably want to avoid XChat at the least though. Its insecure
dead software but some genius decided to re-import it with a million
patches even though HexChat is the successor to it in every single
way.

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lazyfingersy · 2019-04-19 18:08

Weechat

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sn0wf · 2019-04-19 23:35

You can just do `apt install hexchat` but I prefer Weechat.

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SqualorTrawler · 2019-04-20 01:32

If you are using a GUI on a mouseable system, Hexchat.

If you're in a shell, weechat (with tmux or screen.)

Both of these are excellent for their respective environments.

I like weechat with tmux on a remote system.  What I don't like about
shell-based IRC is cutting and pasting multiple lines can sometimes
look like shit (you're selecting bits of the UI when you do that,
depending.)

However, there are benefits of using a shell - my shell is hosted on a
different continent than the one I am on, and IRC being leaky as hell
when it comes to IP addresses, I'd rather that IP address leak than my
home IP address.  There are ways around this (VPN or tor into an IRC
network if you can, then request a cloak for systems which support
it), but I've not found a need to do this.

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LtWorf_ · 2019-04-20 08:18

I use konversation.

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LtWorf_ · 2019-04-20 08:20

Not like the IRC protocol is quickly evolving…

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Saber_UK · 2019-04-20 09:57

Remotely exploitable security vulnerabilities are a thing that exists.

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LtWorf_ · 2019-04-20 12:04

If they are known, security team of any serious distribution patches
them.

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synapserelapse · 2019-04-20 12:58

weechat

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Saber_UK · 2019-04-20 16:24

Many exploits in XChat have been fixed in HexChat but haven't had a
formal CVE filed for them and, speaking as someone who has had to deal
with this first hand, Debian ignore security bugs which don't have
CVEs.

https://blog.tingping.se/2018/03/02/when-distros-get-it-wrong.html

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LtWorf_ · 2019-04-20 17:14

So he's calling other people out because he didn't due what he was
supposed to do?

ok.

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Saber_UK · 2019-04-20 17:41

¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯

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