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<article id="index">
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<articleinfo>
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<title>Linux IRC mini-HOWTO</title>
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<pubdate>v0.4 7 January, 2005</pubdate>
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<author><firstname>Frédéric</firstname><othername>L. W.</othername><surname>Meunier</surname></author>
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<authorinitials>fredlwm</authorinitials>
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<address><email>http://www.pervalidus.net/contact.html</email></address>
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<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
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<revhistory id="revhistory">
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<revision>
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<revnumber>0.4</revnumber>
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<date>2005-01-07</date>
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<authorinitials>fredlwm</authorinitials>
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<revremark>
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Fifth revision.
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</revremark>
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</revision>
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</revhistory>
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<abstract><para>This document aims to describe the basics of IRC and
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respective applications for Linux.</para></abstract>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This document is still WIP, and should be treated as such. I'll do
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my best to keep it updated and accurate.</para>
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<para>The following bibles shouldn't be ignored:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>RFC 1459 by Jarkko Oikarinen and Darren Reed was the first about
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the Internet Relay Chat Protocol -
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<ulink url="http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1459.txt">
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<literal>http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1459.txt</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>RFC 2810 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
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Architecture of the Internet Relay Chat -
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<ulink url="http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2810.txt">
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<literal>http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2810.txt</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>RFC 2811 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
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Channel Management of the Internet Relay Chat -
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<ulink url="http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2811.txt">
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<literal>http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2811.txt</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>RFC 2812 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
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Client Protocol of the Internet Relay Chat -
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<ulink url="http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2812.txt">
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<literal>http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2812.txt</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>RFC 2813 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC 1459 and describes the
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Server Protocol of the Internet Relay Chat -
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<ulink url="http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2813.txt">
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<literal>http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2813.txt</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Also be sure to check the following links:</para>
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<para><ulink url="http://www.irchelp.org/">
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<literal>http://www.irchelp.org/</literal></ulink></para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Objectives</title>
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<para>Among others, the objectives of this mini-HOWTO are:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Link important resources about IRC;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Avoid common misuses of IRC by writing an IRC Etiquette;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>List popular clients, servers, bots, and bouncers, along with
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their maintainers, #channel, small description, download location, home
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page, and hints;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>List IRC tools available in the latest release of all major
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distributions.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Miscellaneous</title>
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<para>The latest version of this document is available at
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<ulink url="http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/">
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<literal>http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/</literal></ulink></para>
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<para>A WIP of the next draft may be available at
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<ulink url="http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/WIP/">
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<literal>http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/WIP/</literal></ulink></para>
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<para>All drafts are archived at
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<ulink url="http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/old/">
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<literal>http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/old/</literal></ulink></para>
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<para>Everything <emphasis>may</emphasis> be mirrored at
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<ulink url="http://www2.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/">
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<literal>http://www2.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/</literal></ulink></para>
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<para>You can e-mail me (in English, French, or Portuguese) with
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suggestions about the mini-HOWTO. I know this is far from finished, but
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hope you find it useful. Just try to avoid asking me to add your
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application, distribution, or site. Most likely I won't, but you can try
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to persuade me. Also don't ask for technical support. I have no time to
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help everyone.</para>
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<para>BTW, someone to work on the protocol and server sides would be
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very welcome.</para>
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<para>Frédéric L. W. Meunier - <ulink url="http://www.pervalidus.net/contact.html">
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<literal>http://www.pervalidus.net/contact.html</literal></ulink></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Translations</title>
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<para>Proposed translations will be linked here. Although I can write in
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Brazilian Portuguese and French, I'm not going to translate this
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document in the near future, so feel free to make them.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="about">
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<title>About IRC</title>
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<para>Excerpt from RFC2810:</para>
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<para>The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) protocol is for use with text based
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conferencing. It has been developed since 1989 when it was originally
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implemented as a mean for users on a BBS to chat amongst
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themselves.</para>
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<para>First formally documented in May 1993 by RFC 1459 [IRC], the
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protocol has kept evolving.</para>
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<para>The IRC Protocol is based on the client-server model, and is well
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suited to running on many machines in a distributed fashion. A typical
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setup involves a single process (the server) forming a central point for
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clients (or other servers) to connect to, performing the required
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message delivery/multiplexing and other functions.</para>
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<para>This distributed model, which requires each server to have a copy
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of the global state information, is still the most flagrant problem of
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the protocol as it is a serious handicap, which limits the maximum size
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a network can reach. If the existing networks have been able keep
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growing at an incredible pace, we must thank hardware manufacturers for
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giving us ever more powerful systems.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="bhistory">
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<title>Brief History of IRC</title>
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<para>The first IRC daemon was written in the summer of 1998 by Jarkko
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"WiZ" Oikarinen of the University of Oulu, Finland. Originally intended
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as a BBS-style replacement for Talk, IRC quickly spread; first through
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Scandinavian, and then throughout the rest of the world. Within a year
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there were over 40 servers linked up.</para>
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<para>At this stage there was only one network, and so a name
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unnecessary - it was simply 'IRC'; but as the size of the network grew,
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disagreements began to form. IRC was a pretty chaotic medium with
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netsplits, nick collisions, and channel takeovers all commonplace; and
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it was inevitable that at some stage users would split off to form their
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own networks.</para>
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<para>One of the first major splits was in 1992, when Wildthang created
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the Undernet network. Originally intended as a test network, Undernet
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quickly grew, gaining a reputation as a friendly network due to it's
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introduction of services to protect users and channels.</para>
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<para>Two years later, Undernet itself forked, the new networking
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becoming DALnet. DALnet's founder, dalvenjah, took Undernet's concept of
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services to a new level, introducing support for nick registration,
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G-lines, and a host of other features.</para>
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<para>Meanwhile on IRCnet (as the original IRC network was now known),
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feelings where running high. IRCnet was opposed to the concept of
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channel/nick 'ownership' which Undernet and DALnet had introduced, but
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clearly something had to be done about the constant channel takeovers
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that were occuring. Two alternative ideas were proposed: nick/channel
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delay, and timestamping (see http://www.irc-help.org for information),
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but there was bitter dispute over which to implement.</para>
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<para>In July of 1996, IRCnet split, with most of the North American
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servers leaving to form EFnet, leaving IRCnet as a mostly European
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network.</para>
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<para>Since then, hundreds of other smaller networks have formed, most
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using modified versions of either DALnet, EFnet, IRCnet, or Undernet's
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ircd.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="beginners">
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<title>Beginner's guide on using IRC</title>
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<para>The standard IRC client is the original ircII. It's part of most
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Linux distributions, and most other text-based IRC clients (notably
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BitchX and EPIC) are derived from it.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Running the ircII program</title>
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<para>It's easy to use ircII. Let's say you want to connect to
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irc.freenode.net as mini-HOWTO.</para>
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<para>At the command line, type:</para>
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<para>$ irc mini-HOWTO irc.freenode.net</para>
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<para>You can also export variables, so you won't need to use them at
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the command line. For bash and zsh users:</para>
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<para>$ export IRCNICK=mini-HOWTO IRCSERVER=irc.freenode.net</para>
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<para>For csh and tcsh users, replace <emphasis>export</emphasis> with
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<emphasis>setenv</emphasis>.</para>
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<para>Add them to your shell profile (e.g. ~/.bash_profile or
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~/.zprofile) when you're done.</para>
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<para>Other common variables are IRCNAME and IRCUSER, to respectively
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set the ircname part of a /whois and username as seen at the first line
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'mini-HOWTO is ~username@hostname (ircname)'. Keep in mind that IRCUSER
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won't work if you run an ident daemon (default on most distributions).
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If you still need to change your username (not recommended, and I hope
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you're not using IRC logged as root !), install oidentd from <ulink url="http://ojnk.sourceforge.net/">
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<literal>http://ojnk.sourceforge.net/</literal></ulink> . To configure,
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read the oidentd.conf man page. Finally run '/usr/local/sbin/oidentd -g
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nobody -u nobody'. Add this to your startup scripts (e.g.
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/etc/rc.d/rc.local) when you're done.</para>
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<para>If not set, IRCNICK, IRCUSER, and IRCNAME will be retrieved from
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/etc/passwd .</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Commands</title>
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<para>Use /help to get a list on all available commands (/help help is a
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good start). Replace <emphasis>nick</emphasis> by any IRCNICK.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>First, /set NOVICE off</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/nick IRC-mini-HOWTO changes your IRCNICK to
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<emphasis>IRC-mini-HOWTO</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/set realname The Linux IRC mini-HOWTO changes your IRCNAME to
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<emphasis>The Linux IRC mini-HOWTO</emphasis> (doesn't change on the
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same connection)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/j #mini-HOWTO joins channel
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<emphasis>#mini-HOWTO</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/j #unmaintained-HOWTO joins
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channel<emphasis>#unmaintained-HOWTO</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/j #mini-HOWTO changes the active current channel to
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<emphasis>#mini-HOWTO</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/msg <emphasis>nick</emphasis> Hi. sends a private message to
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<emphasis>nick</emphasis> containing <emphasis>Hi.</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/notice <emphasis>nick</emphasis> (or #mini-HOWTO) Hi. sends a
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notice to <emphasis>nick</emphasis> (or #mini-HOWTO) containing
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<emphasis>Hi.</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/query <emphasis>nick</emphasis> starts a private conversation
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with <emphasis>nick</emphasis>. /query ends the private
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conversation</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/me uses <emphasis>Linux.</emphasis> sends an action to the
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current channel or query containing <emphasis>IRC-mini-HOWTO loves
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Linux.</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/dcc chat <emphasis>nick</emphasis> starts a chat with
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<emphasis>nick</emphasis>. Use /msg =<emphasis>nick</emphasis> (notice
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the <emphasis>=</emphasis>) to send messages over the chat</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/dcc send <emphasis>nick</emphasis> /etc/HOSTNAME sends the given
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file to <emphasis>nick</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/dcc get <emphasis>nick</emphasis> receives the file offered by
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<emphasis>nick</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/part leaves the active current channel</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/part #unmaintained-HOWTO leaves channel
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<emphasis>#unmaintained-HOWTO</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/discon disconnects from current IRCSERVER</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/server irc.oftc.net connects to IRCSERVER
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<emphasis>irc.oftc.net</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>/quit Bye. quits your IRC session with a reason
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<emphasis>Bye.</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Most of the above commands (including the use of environmental
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variables) will also work in other console-based clients.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>IRC Etiquette</title>
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<para>WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Never use IRC logged as root or any user with excessive
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privileges. Bad things may happen sooner or later. You were warned. It's
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highly recommended you create an user only to use IRC.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>$ man adduser</para>
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<para>On Linux channels you shouldn't:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Act as an idiot. If you want to be respected, then first respect
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each other.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use colors (^C). Most Linux users don't tolerate such mIRC crazes,
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and ircII doesn't really support them. The same should apply for
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ANSI.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use full CAPS, bold (^B), reverse (^V), underline (^_), blink
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(^F), and bell (^G). The first 4 are here to emphasize words, not the
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whole text. The last 2 are just very annoying. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Ask if you can ask a question. Just ask, but first read all
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documentation available on the subject. Start looking at <ulink url="file:/usr/share/doc/">
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<literal>/usr/doc/</literal></ulink> (on
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some systems it may be <ulink url="file://usr/doc/">
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<literal>/usr/doc/</literal></ulink>, otherwise go to <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">
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<literal>http://www.tldp.org/</literal></ulink> or <ulink url="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/">
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<literal>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/</literal></ulink> . And
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don't repeat your question immediately. Wait at least 10 minutes. If you
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don't get any answer it's because nobody knows or wants to help. Respect
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their choice, they're not your personal assistant. Also never send mass
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private messages. It's like spam.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="console">
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<title>Console IRC Clients</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>ircII</title>
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<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> ircII project</para>
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<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #ircII (official channel ?) on
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EFNet <ulink url="http://www.efnet.org/?module=servers">
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<literal>http://www.efnet.org/?module=servers</literal></ulink></para>
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<para>Originally written by Michael Sandrof, ircII comes with most Linux
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distributions. It uses termcap and shouldn't be a choice for most users,
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but is a standard. Mathusalem and other gurus will use it. Less ventured
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will regret to have it installed.</para>
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<para>You can get the latest version of ircII from
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<ulink url="ftp://ircii.warped.com/pub/ircII/">
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<literal>ftp://ircii.warped.com/pub/ircII/</literal></ulink> .
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Homepage at <ulink url="http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/">
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<literal>http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/</literal></ulink></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>EPIC</title>
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<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> EPIC Software Labs</para>
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<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #EPIC on EFNet</para>
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<para>Based on ircII, EPIC (Enhanced Programmable ircII Client) is meant
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for real scripters and users searching freedom. When you start it for
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the first time you'll notice that you should really learn the basics of
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scripting.</para>
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<para>You can get the latest version of EPIC from <ulink url="http://prbh.org/?page=ftp">
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<literal>http://prbh.org/?page=ftp</literal></ulink> . Homepage at
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<ulink url="http://www.epicsol.org/">
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<literal>http://www.epicsol.org/</literal></ulink></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>BitchX</title>
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<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Colten Edwards</para>
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<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #BitchX on EFNet</para>
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<para>Originally a script for ircII, BitchX is a popular client intended
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|
to reduce the need for scripting by including a huge array of features
|
|
in the client itself (too many features for even experienced users to
|
|
remember). Many consider BitchX bloatware (not necessarily a bad thing),
|
|
but it is very popular amongst users and opers alike.</para>
|
|
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<para>You can get the latest version of BitchX from <ulink url="http://www.bitchx.org/download.php">
|
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<literal>http://www.bitchx.org/download.php</literal></ulink> . Homepage
|
|
at <ulink url="http://www.bitchx.org/">
|
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<literal>http://www.bitchx.org/</literal></ulink></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>irssi</title>
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<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Timo Sirainen</para>
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|
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<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #irssi on freenode - <ulink url="http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml">
|
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<literal>http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml</literal></ulink> and
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IRCnet - <ulink url="http://www.ircnet.org/">
|
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<literal>http://www.ircnet.org/</literal></ulink></para>
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<para>Timo released yagIRC in 1997. It was a GUI client using the GTK+
|
|
toolkit. The army called on him a year later, and the new maintainers
|
|
wouldn't do the job. yagIRC passed away and he started irssi as a
|
|
replacement. It used GTK+. GNOME and curses versions would appear later.
|
|
As of 0.7.90 it's only a modular text mode client. Supports Perl
|
|
scripting.</para>
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|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of irssi from <ulink url="http://irssi.org/?page=download">
|
|
<literal>http://irssi.org/?page=download</literal></ulink> . Homepage at
|
|
<ulink url="http://irssi.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://irssi.org/</literal></ulink></para>
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</sect2>
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|
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<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Other Console IRC Clients</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>There are a few others ircII based clients.</para>
|
|
<para>Blackened - <ulink url="ftp://ftp.blackened.com/pub/irc/blackened/">
|
|
<literal>ftp://ftp.blackened.com/pub/irc/blackened/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
<para>Ninja - <ulink url="ftp://qoop.org/ninja/">
|
|
<literal>ftp://qoop.org/ninja/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
<para>ScrollZ - <ulink url="http://www.scrollz.com/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.scrollz.com/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
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</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="xfree">
|
|
|
|
<title>X Window IRC Clients</title>
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|
|
|
<sect2>
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|
|
|
<title>Zircon</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Lindsay F. Marshall</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> None ?</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Written in Tcl/Tk, uses the native network communications of
|
|
Tcl.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of Zircon from <ulink url="ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/">
|
|
<literal>ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/</literal></ulink> . Homepage at
|
|
<ulink url="http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Programs/Zircon/">
|
|
<literal>http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Programs/Zircon/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>KVIrc</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Szymon Stefanek</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #KVIrc on freenode</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Also written with the Qt toolkit, KVIrc is a beast. Supports DCC
|
|
Voice, built-in scripting language, and plugins.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of KVIrc from <ulink url="http://www.kvirc.net/?id=download">
|
|
<literal>http://www.kvirc.net/?id=download</literal></ulink> . Homepage
|
|
at <ulink url="http://www.kvirc.net/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.kvirc.net/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>X-Chat</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Peter Zelezny</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #Linux on ChatJunkies - <ulink url="http://www.chatjunkies.org/servers.php">
|
|
<literal>http://www.chatjunkies.org/servers.php</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Using GTK+ and optionally GNOME, supports Perl and Python
|
|
scripting.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of X-Chat from <ulink url="http://xchat.org/download/">
|
|
<literal>http://xchat.org/download/</literal></ulink> . Homepage at
|
|
<ulink url="http://xchat.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://xchat.org/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>QuIRC</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Patrick Earl</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #QuIRC on DALnet - <ulink url="http://www.dal.net/servers/index.php3">
|
|
<literal>http://www.dal.net/servers/index.php3</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Using Tk, supports Tcl for scripting.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of QuIRC from his Homepage at
|
|
<ulink url="http://quirc.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://quirc.org/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="servers">
|
|
|
|
<title>IRC Servers</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>IRCD</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> ircd developers</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #ircd on IRCnet</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The original IRC daemon, mainly used by IRCnet. Recent versions
|
|
have attempted to improve on channel security through the introduction
|
|
of additional channel types (eg !linux), and channel modes.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of IRCD from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/server/">
|
|
<literal>ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/server/</literal></ulink>. Homepage at
|
|
<ulink url="http://www.irc.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.irc.org/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>IRCD-Hybrid</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> None ?</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Mainly used by EFNet. Hybrid's focus is on speed and efficiency,
|
|
since it lacks many of the services offered by other networks. In
|
|
keeping with EFnet's ethos that opers should not be concerned with
|
|
channel matters, Hybrid doesn't allow opers to set modes on channels, or
|
|
join channels from which they are banned. It is only relatively recently
|
|
that Hybrid offered the ability for a service bot to reop an opless
|
|
channel.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of IRCD-Hybrid from <ulink url="http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/ircd-hybrid/">
|
|
<literal>http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/ircd-hybrid/</literal></ulink> .
|
|
Homepage at <ulink url="http://www.ircd-hybrid.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.ircd-hybrid.org/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>ircu</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Undernet Coder Committee</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #ircu on Undernet - <ulink url="http://www.undernet.org/servers.php">
|
|
<literal>http://www.undernet.org/servers.php</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Mainly used by Undernet. Following a series of DDoS attacks in
|
|
2001/2002, ircu has offered the ability for users and servers to hide
|
|
their addresses. Many of the /stats commands have also (sadly) been
|
|
removed from Undernet.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of ircu from <ulink url="http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/undernet-ircu/">
|
|
<literal>http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/undernet-ircu/</literal></ulink> .
|
|
Homepage at <ulink url="http://coder-com.undernet.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://coder-com.undernet.org/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Bahamut</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> DALnet Coding Team</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #Bahamut on DALnet</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Based on DreamForge and Hybrid, Bahamut is the DALnet server.
|
|
Features include channel and nick registration, support for nicknames up
|
|
to 15(?) characters, and a memo service.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of Bahamut from <ulink url="http://bahamut.dal.net/download.php">
|
|
<literal>http://bahamut.dal.net/download.php</literal></ulink> .
|
|
Homepage at <ulink url="http://bahamut.dal.net/">
|
|
<literal>http://bahamut.dal.net/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="bots">
|
|
|
|
<title>IRC Bots</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Eggdrop</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> #eggdrop on Undernet</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Generally considered to be <emphasis>the</emphasis> IRC bot,
|
|
Eggdrop offers robust channel protection, and is highly customisable
|
|
through the use of Tcl scripting.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Multiple eggdrops can be linked together forming a botnet which
|
|
can span multiple channels, or even networks. On networks without
|
|
channel registration services, eggdrops are common feature in almost all
|
|
large channels.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of eggdrop from <ulink url="http://www.eggheads.org/downloads/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.eggheads.org/downloads/</literal></ulink> . Homepage
|
|
at <ulink url="http://www.eggheads.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.eggheads.org/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>EnergyMech</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer: Proton</emphasis></para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> None</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Early versions of EnergyMech (or emech as it is frequently
|
|
called), earned a reputation as something of a script kiddie's bot,
|
|
through it's ability to run multiple bots from a single process (thus
|
|
allowing less desirable users to load up hundreds of vhosted clones from
|
|
a shell account). This is a reputation emech does not deserve, since it
|
|
is really a rather good channel protection bot, and recent versions of
|
|
emech have restricted this capacity (to max 4 bots). A popular
|
|
alternative to Eggdrop.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of EnergyMech from <ulink url="http://www.energymech.net/download.html">
|
|
<literal>http://www.energymech.net/download.html</literal></ulink> . Homepage
|
|
at <ulink url="http://www.energymech.net/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.energymech.net/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="bouncers">
|
|
|
|
<title>IRC Bouncers (IRC Proxy)</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>bnc</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> James Seter</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> None ?</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>bnc is the original bouncer.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of bnc from <ulink url="http://gotbnc.com/download.html">
|
|
<literal>http://gotbnc.com/download.html</literal></ulink> .
|
|
Homepage at <ulink url="http://gotbnc.com/">
|
|
<literal>http://gotbnc.com/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>muh</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Sebastian Kienzl</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> None ?</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>muh is a smart and versatile irc-bouncing tool that will also go
|
|
on IRC as soon as it's launched, guarding or attempting to get your
|
|
nick.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of muh from <ulink url="http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/muh/">
|
|
<literal>http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/muh/</literal></ulink> . Homepage
|
|
at <ulink url="http://seb.riot.org/muh/">
|
|
<literal>http://seb.riot.org/muh/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>ezbounce</title>
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis>Maintainer:</emphasis> Murat Deligönül</para>
|
|
<para><emphasis>IRC Channel:</emphasis> None ?</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>ezbounce's basic features include password protection, remote
|
|
administration, logging and listening on multiple ports.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can get the latest version of ezbounce from his Homepage at
|
|
<ulink url="http://druglord.freelsd.org/ezbounce/">
|
|
<literal>http://druglord.freelsd.org/ezbounce/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="install">
|
|
|
|
<title>Installation</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Clients</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>All popular clients use <emphasis>GNU</emphasis> Autoconf and
|
|
<emphasis>GNU</emphasis> Automake, thus come with a configure script.
|
|
Read the installation instructions after you unpack the sources. Be sure
|
|
you have the required libraries in order to compile. Doing cd
|
|
<emphasis>name_of_the_created_directory</emphasis>; ./configure --help;
|
|
./configure <emphasis>your_options_here</emphasis>; make; make install
|
|
> ~/sources_install.log is the right procedure. Also note that for
|
|
ircII, EPIC, and BitchX you should really edit include/config.h to suit
|
|
your needs.</para> </sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Servers</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>Do you really need help to set up a server ?</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>~$ touch ircd.conf</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="distribution">
|
|
|
|
<title>But what's already included in my distribution ? (Linux on
|
|
x86)</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Debian</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>IRC Channel: #Debian on freenode (irc.debian.org ->
|
|
irc.freenode.net)</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Debian - <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.debian.org/</literal></ulink>
|
|
includes too many IRC tools to list. You can find them at the following
|
|
places:</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Debian stable - <ulink url="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/">
|
|
<literal>http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Debian unstable (didn't receive enough testing)
|
|
<ulink url="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/">
|
|
<literal>http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Also be sure to check the proposed updates - <ulink url="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/">
|
|
<literal>http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/</literal></ulink>
|
|
. It may contain IRC clients as well.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Fedora (Red Hat)</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>IRC Channel: #RedHat on freenode (irc.redhat.com ->
|
|
irc.freenode.net)</para>
|
|
|
|
<para><ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/">Fedora</ulink> Core 3
|
|
includes the following clients:</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>EPIC4 1.0.1 - <ulink url="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/epic-1.0.1-18.i386.rpm">
|
|
<literal>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/epic-1.0.1-18.i386.rpm</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>KSirc from KDE Network 3.3.0 - <ulink url="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/kdenetwork-3.3.0-5.i386.rpm">
|
|
<literal>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/kdenetwork-3.3.0-5.i386.rpm</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>X-Chat 2.4.0 - <ulink url="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/xchat-2.4.0-3.i386.rpm">
|
|
<literal>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/xchat-2.4.0-3.i386.rpm</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Rawhide (current development)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><ulink url="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/">
|
|
<literal>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/</literal></ulink>
|
|
. Use at your own risk.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2>
|
|
|
|
<title>Slackware</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>IRC Channel: #Slackware on freenode and OFTC - <ulink url="http://www.oftc.net/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.oftc.net/</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Slackware - <ulink url="http://www.slackware.com/">
|
|
<literal>http://www.slackware.com/</literal></ulink> 10.0 includes the
|
|
following clients:</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>BitchX 1.1 - <ulink url="ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/n/bitchx-1.1-i486-1.tgz">
|
|
<literal>ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/n/bitchx-1.1-i486-1.tgz</literal></ulink></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>EPIC4 2.0 - <ulink url="ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/n/epic4-2.0-i486-1.tgz">
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<literal>ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/n/epic4-2.0-i486-1.tgz</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<para>irssi 0.8.9 - <ulink url="ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/n/irssi-0.8.9-i486-3.tgz">
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<literal>ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/n/irssi-0.8.9-i486-3.tgz</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<para>KSirc from KDE Network 3.2.3 - <ulink url="ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/kde/kdenetwork-3.2.3-i486-1.tgz">
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<literal>ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/kde/kdenetwork-3.2.3-i486-1.tgz</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>X-Chat 2.0.9 - <ulink url="ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/gnome/xchat-2.0.9-i486-1.tgz">
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<literal>ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/gnome/xchat-2.0.9-i486-1.tgz</literal></ulink></para>
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</itemizedlist>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Slackware -current (current development)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/">
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<literal>ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/</literal></ulink>
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. Use at your own risk.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="thanks">
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<title>Hell and Paradise</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>Gods (developers)</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Thanks to all authors. Without their hard and volunteer work I'd
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never write it, and we'd never get our hands on Linux nor IRC.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Saints (contributors)</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>See <ulink url="http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/">
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<literal>http://www.pervalidus.net/documentation/IRC-mini-HOWTO/</literal></ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Angels (feedback)</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>See above.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Devils</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Khaled Mardam-Bey must be stopped <emphasis>:-)</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>'If idiots could fly, IRC would be an airport'. I don't know who
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wrote that, but it makes sense. For those of you using IRC to annoy
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people I ordered a /kill.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="history">
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<title>Revision History</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>20050107 - v0.4, fifth draft</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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