[Ubuntu Oregon] IRC help (was: Re: Thank you.)

[Joshua R. Poulson]

Actually, they added an account plugin so empathy can do a limited IRC:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/463033/is-it-possible-to-use-irc-chat-on-new-empathy

I prefer irssi myself.

--jrp


On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Empathy doesn't DOES NOT do IRC, it's only for IM, IRC is a different
> protocol. Same thing with iChat. Now Pidgin CAN do IRC, but imo it's a
> crappy implementation.
>
> --c_smith
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Phillip N <philn at deltatriad.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Walter, Cody, Thomas,
>>
>> I'm familiar with iChat, Pidgin, and Empathy, which is the default IRC in
>> Ubuntu.
>> My problem was not app based, it was Logging in via web interface.
>>
>> Because Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) calls me to simplify any
>> situation, I was therefore trying to "directly" log in to web based IRC
>> w/out authentication.   I have recently discovered that logging in through
>> Ubuntu One "first", solves many a log in issues - go figure... LOL. Problem
>> solved.
>>
>> I'll eagerly await this evenings irc meeting at 6:30pm, to see it all
>> works.
>> BTY: I think tonight's topic is review of UOS.
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your support.
>> Phil. N
>>
>>
>> /***********************************
>> *  Sent from my Commodore 64  *
>> ***********************************/
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > c_smith:
>>> >> Yeah, IRC clients aren't exactly "one size fits all", there's ircii
>>> for
>>> >> those wanting to use it from the CLI, there's Quassel for those
>>> wanting a QT
>>> >> version, Xchat for those wanting a GTK version, and so on and so
>>> forth.
>>> >
>>> > i tend to prefer cli ones. irssi or weechat are my go-tos.
>>> >
>>> > again, if help is needed, let me know.
>>> >
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>>> irccloud.com FTW
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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