What are peoples #IRC setup? Do you have your own bouncer server or just have a you computer always on? And do you IRC on mobile?
@sorenpeter@darch.dk@darch.dk I use ITCCloud, am always online via my Desktop and ITC from the mobile app.
@sorenpeter@darch.dk I use TheLounge. Similar to the one @prologic@twtxt.net uses, but self hosted. Always connected.
@sorenpeter@darch.dk I can IRC on mobile, but I choose not too. It is not as easy as when using a desktop computer.
@bender@twtxt.net Yeah I mostly read IRC backlogs on mobile, very rarely talk per se 😅
@sorenpeter@darch.dk I started out with Konversation (KDE IRC client) but then moved to weechat over a decade later or so. I just like the terminal. In both setups I was just online when my computer was running.
Recently, @bender@twtxt.net made me finally switch to weechat in a tmux session on my server: tmux new -s irc and then run weechat inside. On my local computer I then simply attach to that session, even got an alias for that: alias irc='ssh -t isobeef tmux attach -t irc' I’m now basically online 24/7 and can skip over the new messages in the backlog by hand when I start my local computer. :-D
I’m very happy with that. Can’t imagine ever going back right now. I’m also wondering why it took me all those years to finally make the small step. Happy IRCing!
@sorenpeter@darch.dk WeeChat in a detachable tmux session. No mobile stuff, I hate typing on a phone with a passion. 🥴
@sorenpeter@darch.dk I run Weechat headless on a VM and mostly connect via mobile or dwsktop. I use the android client or gliwing bear. Work blocks all comms on their always on MitM VPN so I cant in office anymore. So I just use mobile.
@sorenpeter@darch.dk I’ve been using weechat for a while then when I started learning my way around Emacs I switched to Circe … a couple months later I setup ZNC, rolled with it for some time but wasn’t sure if I wanted to stick with it. Now I’m mainly using TheLounge and do find it convenient accessing it from anywhere. but quite honestly, I don’t have a preference.