GNOME Terminal Reviews

HexChat Reviews

GNOME Terminal mentions (2)

• Are terminals written in the ncurses library?

  So far I have only seen information that ncurses is a package you would use to write applications for various terminals; what about the terminals themselves? Not only terminal emulators but the actual terminal of something like Ubuntu Server, which I believe to be gnome-terminal. Source: almost 2 years ago

• A good python library to replace libtcod for terminal play?

  Iterm2, gnome terminal, xterm, Konsole, macos Terminal, powershell, command, etc.. these all provide a common API which we normally use curses to interface with. But all of them basically reach into something lower level (opengl, vulkan, directx, etc.) to render the text, which ultimately is still pixels on a screen. Source: over 2 years ago

HexChat mentions (7)

• getting started with IRC. I have some questions.

  Start off using HexChat for a client. You can find channels here: https://netsplit.de/channels/. Source: about 1 year ago

• DPReview.com is shutting down

  First off, grab yourself an IRC client. On their connection info page Hackint has information for both WeeChat and Hexchat, but you could use any IRC client. Source: about 1 year ago

• IRC Chat?

  Gajim is for XMPP. For IRC you need Hexchat or Weechat or something like that. Source: over 1 year ago

• TIFU by showing my dad the possibilities of the Internet.

  Hexchat is one of the more popular ones. Source: over 1 year ago

• Online in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s.

  IRC - Also still around and in some cases, the same as it ever was, albeit with a smaller user base. A list of networks can be found here, and while there are many actively developed IRC clients out there, if you don't know where to start, most people recommend HexChat. Reddit's affiliated network is called Snoonet. mIRC is still actively developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey, so by all means, feel free to give that a... Source: over 2 years ago