Linux IRC mini-HOWTO

Frédéric L. W. Meunier

v0.2 1 July, 2001

Revision History
Revision 0.2	2001-07-01	Revised by: fredlwm
Third revision.

This document aims to describe the basics of IRC and respective applications for Linux.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Objectives
1.2. Miscellaneous
1.3. Translations

2. About IRC

3. Beginner's guide on using IRC

3.1. Running the ircII program
3.2. Commands
3.3. IRC Etiquette

4. Console IRC Clients

4.1. ircII
4.2. EPIC
4.3. BitchX
4.4. irssi

5. X Window IRC Clients

5.1. Zircon
5.2. Sula PrimeriX II
5.3. xIrc
5.4. KVIrc
5.5. X-Chat
5.6. QuIRC

6. IRC Servers

6.1. IRCD
6.2. IRCD-Hybrid
6.3. ircu
6.4. Bahamut

7. IRC Bots

7.1. eggdrop

8. IRC Bouncers (IRC Proxy)

8.1. bnc
8.2. muh
8.3. ezbounce

9. Installation

9.1. Clients
9.2. Servers

10. But what's already included in my distribution ? (Linux on x86)

10.1. Debian
10.2. RedHat
10.3. Slackware

11. Hell and Paradise

11.1. Gods
11.2. Saints
11.3. Angels
11.4. Devils

12. Revision History

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