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The really amusing thing is when they buy huge LCD TVs and projectors to run IRC clients in an operations center.

And then call it "mIRC" because that's the crappy Windows client they use.

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I actually miss mIRC... xchat is the best I've found for ubuntu, whats a good alternative?

irssi http://www.irssi.org/

Indeed, irssi is the only acceptable choice.

Combined with Screen. I suppose that goes without saying.

Truly, it is the only way to roll! I run IRSSI on my server, allowing my to stay perpetually connected. Additionally, I can join from any device that supports SSH! It's a great solution, even if it's a bit hard to get used to at first.

I've found it vastly more convenient to run ZNC (or the like) on the server and use irssi locally. Otherwise I typically have to fight with key bindings and finicky settings on each machine (some of which I can't change). This also lets you use any number of clients.

For example, I'm running irssi on my laptop, colloquy on my iPhone, and a few scripts which handle pushing notifications, all from the same connection.

I've always used screen, but may switch to a bouncer next, mainly to get better support on mobile, and the ability to route notifications. It does seem like a more elegant solution.

You should check out WeeChat as it's a modern and actively updated terminal-based IRC client. Irssi is definitely not the only acceptable choice.

If you want a GUI I'd recommend Konversation (if kdelibs is OK). There's a Qt-only client called Quassel as well (which also supports a UI/core separation so you can close the program and remain logged in)

ERC, if you're an Emacs user.

weechat: http://www.weechat.org/

I'm surprised they haven't renamed it MilChat.

Try looking at Oblong.com

Chat is a good human comm method - but the interesting and cool visual stuff that looks a hell of a lot like Red Alert happens on Oblong systems...

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