Seshomaru Samma Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Do you people know any free IRC client for Windows , something like Xchat ?I googled free irc but all the clients I downloaded so far were either a trail version or some sort of p2p engine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb2001 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 mIRC - mIRC- edit: NEVERMIND, its payment now... used to be free...But as you say, why not use x-chat, comes in a windows version aswell.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Do you people know any free IRC client for Windows , something like Xchat ?I googled free irc but all the clients I downloaded so far were either a trail version or some sort of p2p engine...So why didn't you just google for XChat...?XChat win32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.http://www.xchat.org/ No one uses mIRC anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 The trouble with xchat.... is that it's not exactly open source any more. In other words it is now shareware and you have to pay for it after the trial runs out.However......... there is something called XChat2 which is a lot like xChat... but it's freehttp://www.silverex.org/download/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 The trouble with xchat.... is that it's not exactly open source any more. In other words it is now shareware and you have to pay for it after the trial runs out.However......... there is something called XChat2 which is a lot like xChat... but it's freehttp://www.silverex.org/download/EEK , Since when nell.?the one i have certanly isn't shareware and i certanly don't have to pay to use it..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I don't know since when as I've only just discovered XChat... or should I say XChat2 myself... but there is a big wiki article on ithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Chat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Crabtree Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 mIRC is still free,always has been..It just has a nag.Used with a script such as No Name Script http://www.nnscript.de/index.php?section=download it works very well :)**Please note that the latest versions of No Name Script won't work with the latest version of mIRC :SI use mIRC 6.17 with NNS 4.03.(Both in the above link )XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.http://www.xchat.org/ No one uses mIRC anymoreOn the contrary I should imagime the vast majority of irc users use a variation of mIRC...It does all the above and plenty more besides ;)Trillian is another free option...But it lacks a lot of "genuine" IRC client features http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/ ....But it DOES allow users to log into MSN messenger,Yahoo messenger,ICQ and AOL messenger all at the same time from the 1 client :SShirl . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 blimey ....hiya shirl ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Crabtree Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Hi hi hi Tankus...Still warm the blood that courses through my veins ;)Name that film ? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 heh ....I...... is not Turkish .....or even bullet tooth ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Name that film ? :PPirates of the Caribbean??? Hi there Shirl... it's nice to see you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 http://www.xchat.org/download/ - OpenSource DOH! http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=2027 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Crabtree Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 mIRC is free :)Xchat my arse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted May 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Thank you for the tipsAll the xchat clients I ran on windows would stop working after 30 days didn't realise there was a free binary for windows, what do you do with it? ./configure make make install ;) ?I will try mIRC and TrillianI just want to connect to Freenode , don't need MSN or Yahoo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Try using Firefox with Chatzilla, or if you like mIRC I can give you my license, as I don't use it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted May 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Try using Firefox with Chatzilla, or if you like mIRC I can give you my license, as I don't use it anymore.Wow , great tip - I will try the Chatzilla thing tomorrow when I get to an XP machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 mIRC is free :)Xchat my arseI have not used IRC for years now. When I did, mIRC was the obvious choice, until I found xchat (which WAS free). Guess I should make sure before I open my mouth! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Samma, remember to tell us what you have chosen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 I also found this, which may list a few others.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_IRC_clients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted May 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 I finally went for Chatzilla - exactly what I neededThanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Welcome!:)Happy to of been of service! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike567 Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 you will find that Opera has it built in :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svish Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 you will find that Opera has it built in :D.Yup, I use that. And its great :) Opera is the best ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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