Aye will have a go with the Hexchat and the plugin over the next few days to 
see how they fair for me
- Lderan

> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:58:35 +0200
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Default application for IRC
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> as our next release is not LTS we're reviewing some of our default app 
> choices and considering to move away from XChat, as it hasn't been maintained 
> as actively lately as e.g. its fork hexchat. [1]
> 
> We've discussed this in today's community meeting and the outcome of this 
> first review was a bit mixed. While neither of the present team members 
> really use/d pidgin for IRC, it could still be enough as an easy way for 
> users to get on IRC to get support. Additionally there's the webchat option 
> on xubuntu.org.
> 
> So this is what it comes down to (at least the way I see it):
> 1) Should we replace XChat as our default IRC client?
> 2) Is the IM app we already ship (pidgin) and the webchat option enough to 
> replace XChat?
> 3) Should we use hexchat over 1) or 2)?
> 
> I personally wouldn't mind replacing XChat and trying something new, mostly 
> because it doesn't seem maintained. I still have to take both pidgin and 
> hexchat for a spin though, because I haven't used the latter at all and the 
> other I haven't used for IRC.
> 
> I propose that (at least) members of the Xubuntu team try these apps for real 
> too and we have another – more informed and experience-based – discussion at 
> the next team meeting.
> 
> Cheers
> Simon
> 
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Utopic/Hexchat
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