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Irssi
Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.
www.irssi.org
some basics to get you started
connect to the goto10.org irc server
/connect irc.goto10.org
connect to the pure:dyne channel
/join puredyne
change your nick to myname (will be lintian or something else by default unless you edit your .conf file, see below)
/nick myname
address robc specifically (tab key autocompletes nicks)
robc: ping
open a private message window to robc
/query robc
close current buffer (maybe when you are finished with a private chat for example)
/buffer close
leave a channel (but stay connected to irc server)
/leave
quit Irssi
/quit