From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 5 9:52: 9 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 09:52:07 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from earth.wnm.net (earth.wnm.net [208.246.240.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3335537B400; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:52:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by earth.wnm.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eB5HrmA87748; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:53:48 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:53:48 -0600 (CST) From: Alex Charalabidis To: John Baldwin Cc: Jim Freeze , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Which IRC In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 05-Dec-00 Jim Freeze wrote: > > I have never used IRC, but it seems to be listed everywhere I look. So, I > > figured it's about time I learn. > > > > However, after perusing the ports collection, I see that there a just too > > many choices. Can someone suggest a starting point, i.e., which IRC to > > install first? > > xchat is probably the easiest and most intuitive. > For X: probably x-chat. Maybe kvirc. For console: ircII or epic. BitchX, as much as it's hyped, is not for beginners. Check http://www.irchelp.org/ for more. -ac -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 System Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message