[Gllug] irc client recommendation

[Thom May]

* Murray (murray at minty.org) wrote :
> Would anyone care to recommend me an irc client for linux? Not trying to induce a flaming, just never really used irc much, but feeling now is about time to correct that fact.
> 
> I'm more interested in small, safe, simple, easy to use than graphically whizzy, with lots of add-ons and that has 127 library dependencies to compile ;-)
> 
> I'm running KDE2 if it makes any difference, although I'm strangely drawn towards the text/console variety.
> On a different and slightly off topic note - I got myself adsl enabled last night. Asus ethernet modem/firewall from solwise, isp from eclipse.net.uk, 2 network cards (internal/external) and more cat5 than I care to think about, with a p2 266 linux box acting as a second (inner) nat/firewall/gateway to the rest of the home network.  You could say <manure>pig</manure>.
> 
> Basically, I just wanted to say thanks to the gllug collective - getting this all setup was, for me, a bit of a learning curve, and quietly reading gllug over the last few months has given me numerous pointers, hints, tips and advice.  And the odd laugh. So ta very much.
> 
> Now, back to being bitter about bt....
> 

irssi and epic4 are both excellent clients.
easily configured, text based (although irssi has graphical front ends too).
for a real trillian style effort, try kopete for kde.
(oh, and could you possibly fix your text wrapping? :) )
Cheers,
-Thom


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