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Anyone know of a real time message board, or mIRC type thing for linux?

I am running RedHat Linux 7.2

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This thread is old but the question still comes up: asked for an “mIRC-type” real‑time board on Red Hat 7.2. As and implied, the classic answer is IRC (terminal or GUI clients), but there are also modern, persistent chat platforms now. For a lightweight, keyboard‑centric terminal IRC client try WeeChat and for a tabbed GUI experience try HexChat. (weechat.org)

If the goal is persistent history, searchable rooms, and web/mobile clients (more like a modern “message board” with real‑time chat), consider a Matrix client such as Element or self‑hosted Slack‑style platforms like Mattermost (or Rocket.Chat / Zulip). These give message history, web UIs, and bridging to other systems. (element.io)

Important practical note: Red Hat Linux 7.2 ("Enigma") is very old (release Oct 22, 2001) and was long EOL; running modern clients there is unsafe and often impossible because of outdated system libraries and TLS. Upgrade or run a modern container/Live USB instead. To get modern packages on current RHEL/CentOS systems enable EPEL and install the client from your distro repos, for example: 

# enable EPEL (example for EL7)
sudo yum install epel-release

# install a client
sudo yum install weechat
# or on newer systems
sudo dnf install weechat hexchat

(lwn.net)

If staying on IRC, use a bouncer (ZNC) to stay connected and get buffer playback while offline, and consider Matrix↔IRC bridges if you want to join the same room from modern Matrix clients. These patterns let you have mIRC‑style interaction plus the durability and web access of modern platforms. (github.com)

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Member Avatar for Z28James

you mean irc clients? xchat or BitchX always work well :P

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redhat 7.2? Thats ancient...

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>redhat 7.2? Thats ancient...
So is the thread date. If the person who just posted before you on this thread had bothered to look at the date, they might have thought twice about bumping a 4 year-old thread...

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Yeah, personally i blame the "Similar Threads" at the bottom. There usually ancient.

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