> what you want is an IRC client. There are tons of them out there and > everyone will tell you that this one or that one is the best. On > Windope it is undoubtedly mIRC, on Linux (which I assume is the > system of choice) you have the choice between console apps and those > that run on X. I've always recommended Pirch98 on Windows, far supercedes what mIRC can do, but mIRC is the more-popular client out there. http://www.pirch98.org/ > There are others that let you do all kinds of whacky stuff such as > running scripts and change colors and get (dis)organized in any form > and fashion. I bet you have some of the ones listed on your system > already, they are usually part of the typical distros. I put together an informative page for our Plucker users here: http://plkr.org/irc It links to this IRC client list: http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/ > There is a set of a few commands you need to know to join channels > once connected to the IRC server or server network (there are again > dozens and everyone will tell you that this one or that one is the > best). Here's my short list, based on > 10 years of daily irc: /whois <nick> /whowas <nick> /lastlog <search string> /list /users /names /query <nick> /msg <nick> <private message> The rest can be found in the /help or other resources. > Of course, you can run your own IRC server and get people to hang > out on your box. IRC commands are nicely documented here > http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/misc/ccosmos.html. We've been running our network for ~7 years, and its done well for quite a few OSS and commercial developers, and we have some decent redundancy built in to minimize failures. We support SSL on port 994 (if your client supports it and you know how to configure it). ECLUG's channel is on this network, so join in and have fun!. David A. Desrosiers desrod at gnu-designs.com http://gnu-designs.com
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