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Re: Any free IRC programs out there?

• Posted by Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson at gmail.com> Jun 26, 2005
• 528 views

Mario Steele wrote:
> 
> Al Getz wrote:
> > Im looking for a program for IRC to work on windows, and it
> > should be free.  It should work well on Windows.  Id like
> > to be able to check out the Eu Chat but dont have one yet.
> 
> Hey Al,
> 
> I can recommend 2 excellent IRC Clients out there.  1 is specifically for
> windows,
> and one has been ported from Linux to Windows.
> 
> mIRC - Windows Only
> <a href="http://www.mirc.com">http://www.mirc.com</a>
> 
> X-Chat - Linux & Windows
> <a href="http://www.xchat.org">http://www.xchat.org</a>
> 
> mIRC is Nagware, in other words, you get a popup when you launch the program,
> telling
> you you have x ammount of days to try the program out, then nag you till you
> register.
> 
> X-Chat is completely free, and the more dependable choice, as they release
> often.
> 
> Mario Steele
> <a
> href="http://enchantedblade.trilake.net">http://enchantedblade.trilake.net</a>
> Attaining World Dominiation, one byte at a time...
> 

The official version of X-Chat is shareware on windows; however, people can
compile it themselves to get no restrictions (I dunno how that license works,
seems kinda strange), and you can d/l a version someone has compiled from
http://www.silverex.org/news/ .

Regards, Alexander Toresson