“So all of your friends seem to have the IRC thing figured out,
and maybe you do too, but you’re used to Windows-compatible
applications like mIRC and pirch98. Have no fear. Although some
Linux tasks may prove daunting to those accustomed to Windows,
using X-Chat is not among them. As an IRC client for the X windows
environment, and it’s at least (if not more) easy to use than most
other IRC clients.“
“First, determine that you have X-Chat installed. Go to
Networking -> IRC. See it? Great! You’ll be chatting in minutes.
(Make sure you are looking under IRC and not Chat.) If you don’t
see it, don’t panic! Downloading and installing X-Chat is
surprisingly easy.”