Good IRC client

[Stephen Rees-Carter]

I'm curious, what does the client-server model do in Quassel?
I assume you don't mean you run your own IRC server?

I tried Irssi a while ago, but it doesn't play nice with Byobu so it
never worked out for me.

Thanks,
~Stephen

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com> wrote:
> On 20/05/12 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really
>> know what IRC client I should be using.
>> I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm
>> currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are
>> perfect in their own ways.
>>
>> So, any suggestions?
>
>
> Check out Quassel.  It is a QT app, but it works well under GNOME.  I run
> Quassel server on a VM and have the client installed on several machines so
> I can use it anywhere.  It isn't a full featured as xchat, but the client
> server model is worth the trade off.
>
> If you don't need the client/server model, then I'd recommend xchat.  IRC is
> meant to be kinda clunky.  I love empathy as an IM client, but IM isn't IRC.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
>
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