On Wednesday 11 September 2002 5:41 pm, Nick Elder CLUG wrote: > At the risk of starting a client war, I would like to recomend xchat for > any newbies to IRC or mIRC if you are still useing windows. (xchat has also > been ported to windows so you could get used to it, ready for when you > switch to linux (noticed I said when)) Bitchx is for the command line user > I think. > > see: www.slashnet.org/connect.php for a list of clients (I know xchat > is on Redhat 7.3 and on Mandrake 7.x/8.x install disks, and may have been > installed by default) > > One reason why I like xchat is because I can open a new server window and > be on two networks at once. That way I can be in #clug on the > irc.linux.net network and in #nzlinux channel on the undernet network at
****correction make that irc.linux.com not net! ***** > the same time! > > cheers, > Nick Elder > > On Wednesday 11 September 2002 4:10 pm, Paul wrote: > > Hi all .. you can use any irc client to get to the #clug channel on the > > irc.linux.com network - its actually hosted on slashnet.org > > > > open the client then use /server irc.linux.com ... upon connection use > > /join #clug > > > > see you there .. bring your tales of woe .. maybe someone will care > > (oops!) uh might have an answer ... > > > > Paul Swafford > > > > (Manager, E-caf@The Arts Centre) > > (Level 2/28 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch, NZ) > > (ph/fax +64 3 3656480 www.e-caf.com)
