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IRC in 2024!?
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That's right! Maybe even more optimal would be to consider "all" angles.
Lot of us are back on IRCnet https://ircnet.info - here are servers and active users.
From https://www.ircnet.info/servers it looks like most every server there is using ircd2.11.2p3.
Historically looking that's the original IRCd in some way. IRCnet equivalent of later EFnet ircd-ratbox.
Subpar to what InspIRCd and UnrealIRCd can offer today... but still part of a history.
Some interesting reading to get the context: https://www.mirc.com/split.html
(I was there!)
And maybe, as we like drama, also: http://www.irc.org/history_docs/m_lawrie.html
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Same.
Days when
#mp3and#worldchatwas a thing and when#sessoor#italiawere the most "colorful" channels aroundDon't tell...
And then also all this: https://ntd01.fortunecity.ws/ ... a lot of that.
I miss those days, and also those guys.
TRiBE, Warlords and X-Org
Ace24, Danny-Boy (he was arrested), t0rn, Markland, Outlaw, etc...
Oh, and do you remember old https://www.ii2.org/ - IRCnet "facebook" before Facebook existed?
https://web.archive.org/web/20050728104701/http://www.ii2.org/list.php?m=registered&char=A&countryid=1
Oh, I don't recognize or recall that, at all
We were mostly just in
#chatlords, and whatever other private channels each of them had created since some people and groups didn't "click", won't and can't be seen togetherThen some left, probably got arrested, moved to other networks, and so to keep in touch with most of them, you'll need to be on all, including IRCS/SILC.
Going through those familiar nicks (for my country, not Finland) https://web.archive.org/web/20050728104701/http://www.ii2.org/list.php?m=registered&char=A&countryid=1 I am sentimental now...
Been messing with the nice IRC client from https://c9x.me/irc/.
What happens seems that I successfully connect to Libera in mode +Ziw, but it doesn't work to enter any commands. For example, if I enter "/join #libera" nothing happens. Also nothing happens if I enter "/quit."
Here is what I am seeing. What is my mistake?
Got it!
Just went by ctrl-c.club and found scrollz.
Also looked at all the Debian packages for weechat.
Okay, looks like there is /BIND and /WINDOW.
ircd: inspircd
services: atheme
client/bouncer: weechat
Still run an IRC server, and it has a webchat, mostly used for people who ask questions about my open source projects. IRC is good for that, especially webchat since you dont need a client or any account, etc to just come and chat quickly.
A quick update from IRC
This morning, #philosophy was destroyed!
I've been messing more with ircii. Trying multiple windows, different shell variables, command line flags, and configuration settings, configure with and without -DEBUG, different pre-compile config.h settings, UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1, using ircii with and without tmux, multiple windows, and logging.
I haven't found an active #ircii channel. There are a couple of websites, but no mailing list that I have seen. The most recent source update seems to be 20240111.
There is an extension of ircii called ScrollZ (see also Github repo) I looked briefly at the source code. It seems obvious from the website and from the sources that the guys involved with ScrollZ were having a great time. But, ScrollZ seems quiet for the last three years. Like #ircii, I couldn't find an active #scrollz channel. Even the officially designated EFnet #scrollz channel doesn't seem to exist any more. Again like ircii, no ScrollZ mailing list.
If anybody knows where to find current activity related to ircii and/or ScrollZ, please tell me.
Besides ircii and ScrollZ, I've looked at c9x.me's IRC client, ii from suckless, Susam's nice post about accessing IRC with netcat and with the openssl s_client, irssi, weechat, mcpcpc's clients, and others. As mentioned above, I briefly looked at a few servers. Last but not least, I have the IRC RFC 1459 open and still want to skim though it.
Lots of fun!
A few more bits about ScrollZ in case anyone might be interested:
ScrollZ Debian patches
Pending ScrollZ pull request -- Fixed build for clang16 and lto #30 November 15, 2022
For MetalVPS I decided to use the IRC servers of the kind folks at Libera for a while. Does my first effort at setting up a channel seem okay? Thanks!
LGTM.
A couple guys have joined #metalvps at Libera! Thanks guys!
#metalvps Cannot join channel (+r) - you need to be logged into your NickServ accountNot everyone is registered at IRC :P
i would join. screen + irssi + fish
old school!
installed mirc right now. have a license from 2008
@Not_Oles
the oles eh old days... https://bitchx.sourceforge.net/author/caf.html
No you don't :P
This fine gentleman Khaled Mardam-Bey discontinued all lifetime license agreements two years ago :P
Btw. pnp4.22 https://github.com/peace-and-protection/Peace-and-Protection/wiki - to this date still the best actively managed mIRC scrip without suspicious addons
häh?
https://www.mirc.com/register.html
https://www.pocnetwork.net/internet-news/mirc-ended-its-lifetime-license-agreement-with-all-who-purchased-its-software-10-years-out/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33864660
https://www.reddit.com/r/irc/comments/h9i42p/mirc_registration_expired/
My "lifetime" license expired as well.
ok. then no more mirc. screen + irssi now!
Good user friendly free mIRC alternative may be HexChat. Project was discontinued this year (final version was released in February 2024) but still...