On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Ishwor Gurung <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20 May 2012 10:30, Stephen Rees-Carter <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm curious, what does the client-server model do in Quassel? >> I assume you don't mean you run your own IRC server? > No. It runs the irc client for you and stays connected until it is shutdown. > > 1. your irc client on Ubuntu <----> quassel <----> irc.freenode.net > 2. You disconnect > 3. But Quassel <----> irc.freenode.net remains open.
Ah ok. I've never considered that as an option. I guess I'm more of a casual IRC user so I don't need to know everything said while I'm gone. Still, I'll keep it in mind :) >> I tried Irssi a while ago, but it doesn't play nice with Byobu so it >> never worked out for me. > Having said above, people still prefer to use irssi with screen or tmux. My Irssi/screen/tmux skills must just be lacking :) (Highly likely!) > I know it's a bit uncool, and i don't know if it meets your requirements > (since i don't use Unity), but i find pidgin to be pretty good. I > prefer it because it integrates IRC, XMPP, and other protocols, and its > logging and searching works pretty well. I use dircproxy to keep my IRC > connection going regardless of my laptop's status, and between the two > it meets my needs. I've been using Empathy for a similar reason, and it's still on my short list. Thanks everyone, I'll give XChat another trial and see how it goes. I can always switch if it gets too annoying again! Thanks, ~Stephen -- Stephen Rees-Carter ~ Valorin http://stephen.rees-carter.net/ -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
