Wow, talk about a dinosaur! IRC seems like it has been around since the dawn of time. Without dating myself, I still remember logging into BBSs back in the eighties and nineties and getting help in ...

Just a friendly reminder from your resident IRC admin. The official Ars Technica IRC server is at irc.arstechnica.com:6667. Grab your favorite client and ...

In my discussion on IRC with "bkidwell" (see the Non-Linux FOSS article for more on our talk), we were discussing how we connect to IRC. My main method is to SSH in to my co-located Raspberry Pi in ...

Many people don’t want to miss anything in their IRC room, so they “idle” or just leave the client open to capture all the conversations. It can be annoying to have it going in the background on your ...

Linux users have a few different choices when it comes to instant messaging, but the feature-filled, extensible Pidgin gets our vote for best. Supports AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo, IRC, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, ...

Despite the name, there's more to Internet Relay Chat than chat - you can also use it to download files. In fact, since major media junkies tap into this old-school, text-based Internet forum, almost ...