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Best IRC Clients for Linux |
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Author |
dr.t3rr0r |
Date and Time |
12:33 AM |
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Linux
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IRC is a
vital part of participating in the Linux community, but choosing an IRC
client can be a daunting task for new Linux users. If you're ready to
start jumping into IRC, but not sure which client to start with, we've
got five great clients to choose from.
Now, I know how attached some folks are to their IRC clients. IRC users
tend to fall into two camps: casual users and power users. The casual
users are people who dip into IRC on occasion to participate in a
conversation or IRC meeting, but don't live in IRC. Then you've got the
power users: folks who spend enormous chunks of time in IRC as part of
their job and/or because they're part of a community that does most of
its work in chat.
Linux users can choose from more IRC clients than you can shake a stick
at, dozens of clients depending on how expansive your definition is. To
winnow it down to a reasonable herd of clients, I decided to rule out a
couple of clients that are undeniably awesome but not well-suited to
many users. For instance, Emacs has several clients, but if you're not
using Emacs then you're not going to want to learn it just to use a
nifty IRC client.
Also, I wanted to focus more on clients that would appeal to newer
Linux users getting started with IRC. So with that in mind, let's get
started with Pidgin.