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Welcome to #wikka - the IRC Wikka Lounge
Wikka support
If you come to #wikka for support, just ask your question (the smart way), but please remember that not everyone seemingly "present" in the channel may be actively paying attention: they may be at work or they may be asleep. Ask anyway, or make a suggestion! Don't run away if you don't get an immediate reply, people may be busy or on the phone and get back to you later: give us some time.IRC help
If you need help with using IRC, there's also the IRC Guide (running on Wikka, what else?) and its companion #ircguide channel. (The wiki is still very new, so if you don't find what you need there, try asking in the channel.)Point your favorite IRC client to:
irc.freenode.net
Or check the list of freenode servers.
Channel: #wikka
As always, feedback and comments welcome.
See below for:
- Getting an IRC client (please add any others you know about)
Getting an IRC client
Security Warning: Some old and unmaintained clients are known for suffering of many threats, eg: some allowing remote access to your computer.
To avoid such problems, prefer well known and maintained clients, like X-Chat wich is available for any UNIX-like and Windows OS
Windows
- X-Chat: X-Chat 2 for Windows - the "SilvereX" free distribution of the same program. See http://silverex.info/download/
- X-Chat: X-Chat for Windows - "shareware" - you pay a "build fee" because making a build on your own is very hard in Win; all versions after that are free. See also http://xchat.org/
See NOTE below.
- X-Chat: X-Chat for Windows - another free ("unoffical") distribution
- X-Chat: Another X-Chat for Windows - yet another free distribution of the same program, though it lags behind the "official" distribution a bit
- Chatzilla: ChatZilla - free IRC client entirely written in JavaScript and XUL. Requires a Mozilla based browser. Runs under Windows, Mac Os X, Linux.
- mIRC: mIRC - Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP, NT etc. See also http://www.mirc.com/
- Trillian: Trillian also supports IRC (including the free 'Basic' version) but it is a rather limited implementation; unless you already have Trillian, you're probably better off with X-Chat or mIRC
- GAIM: GAIM supports a lot of protocols, including IRC; download from http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php; see also http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q15 and the rest of the FAQ