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IrcII
'''ircII''' is a [[Unix]] [[Internet relay chat|IRC]] client that is made available completely free of charge, and is available in source form.

Designed to run in a text-mode environment, '''ircII''' is not pretty -- it has no sounds, graphics, menus, pop-ups, etc. (see a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ircii.png screen capture]). It is, however, fast, stable, lightweight, portable, and easily backgrounded using virtual terminals such as Unix "screen".

UNIX has evolved over the years into many variant [[OS]]'s such as [[Linux]], [[BSD]], [[Solaris Operating Environment|Solaris]], etc., sometimes collectively known as "*nix", "[[Unix-like]]" or simply "[[Unix]]". Because of this increasing popularity, more, newer [[Internet relay chat|IRC]] clients have been developed for Unix systems. Perhaps the most common are [[BitchX]] and [[EPIC]], both variants of the ircII client with greater functionality built into them at some stage in their development.

At one time, the '''IrcII''' client set the standard against which all other clients were developed and measured. While this may still hold true to some extent today, the [[Windows]] client [[mIRC]] has largely taken over that position.

==External link==
*[http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/ Home page]
*[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/ Installation,Scripts]