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Well, I normally use my own client that I made, mainly because on my current desktop I only have Linux (Fedora), and a crappy OS that I made. I'm trying to fix up this old laptop I found in the attic, then i'll install Windows XP on it. On my current laptop, I have Anaconda. It's worked pretty well for me, and I like the interface. Very user friendly, but, I miss the e-mail addon for NoName script. It was very convenient.

Nowadays I don't see any reason for writing an own IRC client anymore. There are portable clients for almost all tastes. However, to improve functionality I'm writing an IRC proxy currently.

I'm a brave man!!! I just use a raw telnet conection to port 6667!!

it's a joke!! I'm use X-Chat and BitchX.

rafamonte wrote:I'm a brave man!!! I just use a raw telnet conection to port 6667!! :)

That's not brave, that's dumb. Telnetting into IRC can be a serious security risk. =)

rafamonte wrote:it's a joke!! I'm use X-Chat and BitchX.

That sounds much better. But use irssi instead of BitchX, because BitchX has had an embarrassingly bad security history, and irssi has much more features like distinct windows, instead of having everything go to a single screen (in fact BitchX is a subset of irssi, but not otherwise related to it - in other words: irssi can do anything that BitchX can do, but it's not based on it).

I use mIRC and for *nix systems - irssi. I hate BX because of it's "one-window" system ... It sucks hard.

Hi again, mm_freak!!

I'will not use BitchX anymore... i never run it as root, but it's
still dangerous, or not??

Is there any serious security risk with Xchat?

I'm downloading irssi... after install it, i'will posta what a think..

rafamonte wrote:Hi again, mm_freak!! :)

Hi. =)

rafamonte wrote:I'will not use BitchX anymore... i never run it as root, but it's still dangerous, or not??

I guess for now it's secure. But it's just a matter of time, when the next BX security hole will be published. As said, it had a terrible security history, but that doesn't mean it's insecure. Anyway, you wouldn't want to run any IRC client (or other network client) as root.

rafamonte wrote:Is there any serious security risk with Xchat?

If you're using the latest version, then there are no known security issues with X-Chat. Check out the list of currently outstanding bugs.

i use 3 clients

irssi on openbsd
hydrairc and xchat on windows

I've been a hardcore Xchat fan from the start... yeah yeah yeah laugh it up... I have Xchat 2.6 on both my windows and linux machines

And about the 2.4 and later versions being shareware? Xchat's official site links to an unofficial windows build that's totally free and has all the functionality of xchat. I would check it out, xchat is awesome

I use X-Chat on my Slackware box, and usually irssi on my shells...
I tried bitchX, but I could never get the hang of it...

The thing that boggles my mind is that mIRC, the "best" IRC client for M$ Windows still doesn't have notification for when users use the /away command

You mean like when you do /away <reason> it will show in every channel:
* Me is now away for <reason> [logging: on][pager: on]

or something simillar?
If so, then its a bloody good thing they don't. Those messages are some of the most annoying things you see on IRC (right up there with "leetspeak" and multicoloured/coloured conversation text).

Colors sucks in irc they just getting my eyes broke :-)

mIRC -> Windows
XCHAT -> Linux(Graphical)
irssi -> Text Based Linux client (KICKS ASS!)

Tim wrote:You mean like when you do /away <reason> it will show in every channel:
* Me is now away for <reason> [logging: on][pager: on]

or something simillar?

no. What you mentioned depends on the client, and it's called "away announce" or sth. similar.
I'm talking about when you do an /away, the your nick is somehow marked in other people's userlist to signify that you're away

i know i might be baised (my friend is the programer)

but try hydrairc, still beta but is free and really good