I don't use one because it's not 1998 any more.
weechat
>>54308144
KLirc
irssi
Hexchat
>>54308144
>dat russian thumbnail
What does /g/ use?
A common ricing configuration which can be seen among /g/ users in desktop threads usually features some of the software below. All of these can be installed from a repository via your package manager, be it your distro's main one or a user one (the AUR in Arch), or built from source. Do a little searching to find out.
Distro: Arch Linux (but sometimes Debian GNU/Linux or Gentoo/Funtoo);
Window Manager: Awesome or i3;
Login/Display manager: Usually none;
File Manager: Sometimes ranger or mc, but usually none;
Terminal Emulator: rxvt-unicode;
Shell: zsh + oh-my-zsh, fish, or bash;
OS information: Screenfetch or Archey;
font: terminus, Inconsolata, DejaVu or Tewi;
Music player: mpd + ncmpcpp, or cmus;
Video player: mpv;
IRC client: weechat or irssi;
Screen capture (screenshot): scrot or import (part of imagemagick);
Image viewer/desktop wallpaper display: feh;
Screen recorder: see below (some casuals also use Byzanz);
Streaming: FFmpeg (which includes FFserver if you want to host the stream);
Video conversion: FFmpeg (including WebM or GIF creation);
Text editor: Vim, Emacs, Nano, or Sublime Text.
>>54308144
Irssi
emacs
>>54308144
weechat-cli. It's alright.
I don't use any of its features tho. I should probably move to something lighter.
irssi in screen
>>54308781
this.
erc.
>>54308144
weechat-curses
>>54308144
hexchat-text for ease of configuration AND light footprint.
I wish it handled fast threads more reasonably though, I can't read shit with five new posts every frame.
irssi in tmux
Bitch X
>>54308144
I am too scared to directly talk to people on the internet.
>>54309993
Yup this
>>54308144
I telnet to the irc server
irssi
>>54308144
Hexchat is GOAT
Emacs erc
>>54308956
only right answer
I miss irc sometimes, but then Im reminded that discord and other modern chat programs exists. Irc still is a good source of files and ebooks. sort of like an underground network like the internet is suppose to be
>>54308144
Steam
>>54316411
Kek
>>54316272
Discord is a non free botnet.
>>54308144
skype and twitch