mudle@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhat's Your Favorite IRC Client, and Why?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12
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minus-squareliliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoJust to let you know, Hexchat is no longer maintained, unless someone has forked it. Might be worth looking into alternatives. https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html
minus-square56!@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoHas IRC been getting many new features recently? It kind of feels like the sort of thing where software can become “finished”.
minus-squareliliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI mean yeah, Hexchat does work pretty well and is kind of finished. But it’s possible there are existing security vulnerabilities or new ones to be discovered in the future.
minus-squarechameleon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIRCv3 has extended IRC quite a bit over the past decade, fixing a lot of minor pain points if clients support the fixed versions of the protocol.
minus-squareJetpackJackson@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAw drat. That sucks. Thanks for pointing that out
Just to let you know, Hexchat is no longer maintained, unless someone has forked it. Might be worth looking into alternatives.
https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html
Has IRC been getting many new features recently? It kind of feels like the sort of thing where software can become “finished”.
I mean yeah, Hexchat does work pretty well and is kind of finished. But it’s possible there are existing security vulnerabilities or new ones to be discovered in the future.
IRCv3 has extended IRC quite a bit over the past decade, fixing a lot of minor pain points if clients support the fixed versions of the protocol.
Aw drat. That sucks. Thanks for pointing that out