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logrusx Advocate
Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2263
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:17 pm Post subject: IRC clients? |
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Hello,
Since Hexchat is no longer maintained, the logical thing is it'll drop out of tree at one point or another. What other graphical IRC clients do you recommend? I honestly don't like BitchX or other console classics. It's a bit too many commands and keyboard shortcuts to learn for me. Also some of the shortcuts of BitchX I already use for other things and I'm not happy with the idea to switch to a FB console just to be able to use it the way I remember.
Best Regards,
Georgi |
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pietinger Moderator
Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 4920 Location: Bavaria
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eccerr0r Watchman
Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 9783 Location: almost Mile High in the USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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A possible option is using pidgin's irc module...though I'd think that's really weird... _________________ Intel Core i7 2700K/Radeon R7 250/24GB DDR3/256GB SSD
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John R. Graham Administrator
Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 10653 Location: Somewhere over Atlanta, Georgia
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Pidgin works very well for IRC; it's what I used before I migrated to Quassel.
- John _________________ I can confirm that I have received between 0 and 499 National Security Letters. |
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Ralphred Guru
Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Posts: 588
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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pietinger wrote: | I am using konversation |
I used to use kopete, but now use konversation.
But, as above, not a power user, more of a "I have to use IRC? Well at least it's better than using discord" user. |
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pietinger Moderator
Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 4920 Location: Bavaria
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Ralphred wrote: | [...] more of a "I have to use IRC? [...] |
No, No, I really like IRC (used it before 30 years; then a big break; and now again before 3 years when becaming mod) ... for quick and uncomplicated arrangements (e.g. #gentoo-wiki) ... and small talk _________________ https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger |
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Ralphred Guru
Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Posts: 588
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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pietinger wrote: | No, No, I really like IRC | I can appreciate that, no judgement. For me it's always "You can't read properly, or the thing you are reading isn't written properly." << Neither of these things are "good" . |
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fedeliallalinea Administrator
Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 31219 Location: here
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:06 am Post subject: |
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Since I use IRC very rarely I use thunderbird since it is also my mail client. _________________ Questions are guaranteed in life; Answers aren't. |
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Juippisi Developer
Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 743 Location: /home
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:07 am Post subject: |
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If you use Thunderbird to read your mail/RSS etc, you can also connect to IRC with it. |
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logrusx Advocate
Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2263
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for the suggestions. I tried a few things, particularly my attention was caught bu halloy, but I was unable to change the font in the channels. Only the titles, which is useless.
I think I'll stay with HexChat for as long as it is available and eventually move to Konversation. I hate that KDE design, but it doesn't seem to be something better.
I think I tried Polari in the past too and I very quickly unmerged it.
eccerr0r wrote: | A possible option is using pidgin's irc module...though I'd think that's really weird... |
Indeed it is. Pidgin has never shined in any way for me. It was the only decent way to use ICQ back in the days, but with the days of ICQ, the days of that design style have gone too.
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logrusx Advocate
Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2263
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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On another note, quassel turned out to be very good option. The only shortcoming I find for now is lack of spell-check. Also the fact that quassel-core still requires qt which makes it not suitable for running on a router.
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Georgi |
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s0ulslack1 n00b
Joined: 06 Mar 2022 Posts: 24
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Any toolkit pref? I just switched from loqui to srain, both great gtk3 clients |
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logrusx Advocate
Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2263
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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s0ulslack1 wrote: | Any toolkit pref? I just switched from loqui to srain, both great gtk3 clients |
Yes, GTK is preferable. But since I bought a decent computer and since there is a binhost, I started accepting QT options as well.
Srain doesn't look bad. The only problem I experience with it is I need to learn how to write its configuration. Also it's somewhat weird experience for somebody who's first touch with Internet was through mIRC... I don't like it. Quassel feels better.
I didn't try loqui but I see it's not maintained for 3 years now, so I guess I better not.
Best Regards,
Georgi |
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