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I've a ZNC bouncer running on a PI. It's cheaper ;)

by aluhut 12y ago

voltagex_ 12y ago
What does a bouncer give you over running weechat in tmux, or weechat and a relay?
- ggreer 12y ago
  I run ZNC on a $5/month cloud server. It lets me use fancy GUI clients like Textual 5.[1] ZNC replays everything that happened while my laptop or phone was sleeping. Also, I can connect multiple clients simultaneously. Lastly, znc-push[2], alerts my phone when people mention or PM me. I'm not a big fan of terminal-based IRC clients. Most text on IRC is prose made by humans, meant to be read by humans. Terminals use fixed-width fonts. That's handy for structured stuff, but for prose is less information-dense and less readable. 1. http://www.codeux.com/textual/ http://www.codeux.com/textual/ 2. https://github.com/jreese/znc-push https://github.com/jreese/znc-push
  - VonGuard 12y ago
    That's exactly how much IRCcloud costs: $5 per month, and it allows you to bring it up on any Web browser, even a Chromebook. And it just works.
    - ggreer 12y ago
      That cloud server does other stuff, but the cost isn't really a factor for me. IRCCloud doesn't let me connect with an IRC client. I can only use the mobile apps or my browser. Many don't mind that limitation, but it's a deal-breaker for me.
    - donniezazen 12y ago
      For 5 bucks you could host WordPress, ownCloud, ZNC, and more stuff.
    - teacup50 12y ago
      Why on earth would you want to use IRC in a web browser? Heck, why would you want to use a Chromebook?
    - kuschku 12y ago
      Or you can just use quassel, which has clients for android, iOS, windows, Mac Linux and the web, works exactly like IRCCloud, is fully open source, and is able to run on a 2$/month webserver.
  - iamtew 12y ago
    There is also some GUI clients that are designed with the server/client model. Essentially you have a little daemon running that is connected to IRC constantly and then you got a GUI you hook up to it. Personally I use Quassel, but there is also Smuxi (which I couldn't get working for some reason..). - http://quassel-irc.org/ http://quassel-irc.org/ - https://github.com/meebey/smuxi https://github.com/meebey/smuxi
    - kuschku 12y ago
      Yay,Quassel! Have you seen QuasselDroid? It's the Android client for Quassel, I'm working on a Material redesign for it right now ^_^ You should also try the quassel webproxy (a web interface like IRCCloud) and the quassel-search tool, which allows you to search through the whole logs of everything.

I've a ZNC bouncer running on a PI. It's cheaper ;)

by aluhut 12y ago

I've a ZNC bouncer running on a PI. It's cheaper ;)

voltagex_ 12y ago

What does a bouncer give you over running weechat in tmux, or weechat and a relay?

ggreer 12y ago
I run ZNC on a $5/month cloud server. It lets me use fancy GUI clients like Textual 5.[1] ZNC replays everything that happened while my laptop or phone was sleeping. Also, I can connect multiple clients simultaneously. Lastly, znc-push[2], alerts my phone when people mention or PM me. I'm not a big fan of terminal-based IRC clients. Most text on IRC is prose made by humans, meant to be read by humans. Terminals use fixed-width fonts. That's handy for structured stuff, but for prose is less information-dense and less readable. 1. http://www.codeux.com/textual/ http://www.codeux.com/textual/ 2. https://github.com/jreese/znc-push https://github.com/jreese/znc-push
- VonGuard 12y ago
  That's exactly how much IRCcloud costs: $5 per month, and it allows you to bring it up on any Web browser, even a Chromebook. And it just works.
  - ggreer 12y ago
    That cloud server does other stuff, but the cost isn't really a factor for me. IRCCloud doesn't let me connect with an IRC client. I can only use the mobile apps or my browser. Many don't mind that limitation, but it's a deal-breaker for me.
  - donniezazen 12y ago
    For 5 bucks you could host WordPress, ownCloud, ZNC, and more stuff.
  - teacup50 12y ago
    Why on earth would you want to use IRC in a web browser? Heck, why would you want to use a Chromebook?
  - kuschku 12y ago
    Or you can just use quassel, which has clients for android, iOS, windows, Mac Linux and the web, works exactly like IRCCloud, is fully open source, and is able to run on a 2$/month webserver.
- iamtew 12y ago
  There is also some GUI clients that are designed with the server/client model. Essentially you have a little daemon running that is connected to IRC constantly and then you got a GUI you hook up to it. Personally I use Quassel, but there is also Smuxi (which I couldn't get working for some reason..). - http://quassel-irc.org/ http://quassel-irc.org/ - https://github.com/meebey/smuxi https://github.com/meebey/smuxi
  - kuschku 12y ago
    Yay,Quassel! Have you seen QuasselDroid? It's the Android client for Quassel, I'm working on a Material redesign for it right now ^_^ You should also try the quassel webproxy (a web interface like IRCCloud) and the quassel-search tool, which allows you to search through the whole logs of everything.