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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: 11 months 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: about 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: about 2 years ago

Jitsi mentions (56)

• Discord to Start Showing Ads for Gamers to Boost Revenue

  > Tell me another platform that is free, has realtime chat, voice and video, has stable service, allows sharing images and other media, with good ownership management... And is open source. Mattermost: https://mattermost.com/ Rocket.Chat: https://www.rocket.chat/ Nextcloud Talk: https://nextcloud.com/talk/ Self hosting and some assembly required. I've run all of them on cheap VPSes to explore a Slack/Discord... - Source: Hacker News / 25 days ago

• Twilio Video Going Down !!

  It was used to build video calling applications on the web without having to deal with the intricacies of webrtc and so forth. There is a really nice open source alternative, Jitsi and quite a few paid solutions like the Zoom SDK, Whereby, Dyte, etc. Source: 5 months ago

• How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI features

  It's definitely a challenge, but another good thing about HN is people link alternatives in threads like this. I'm already checking out Jitsi (mentioned up thread) and it looks awesome. It's even open source: https://jitsi.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Plex live streaming

  You can share your desktop with multiple users for free without an account using https://jitsi.org/. Source: 11 months ago

• Penguins Unbound, a Linux User Group (LUG}

  Not yet. I expect it'll be online. The last two were online using Jitsi, but the specific link is only visible if you RSVP on the event page. Source: about 1 year ago