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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.
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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".
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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.
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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 [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] client [[mIRC]] has largely taken over that position.
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==External link==


*[http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/ Home page]


*[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/ Installation,  Scripts]⏎
*[http://irc.pages.de/ircII/ Script updates] from the original author of the ircII scripts