Post that irssi theme yo!
I really wanted my 1000 post to be a tutorial, I promise it is coming!
I am myself a cli junkie and I will swear by the terminal to this day (got to exercise it today with a new/old job schooling people), I would choose xchat over irssi any day. IRC is a prime example where GUI over-rides CLI . I've lived both and can see where Eric Raymond and other hackers are cumming from with the GUI forefront. Sometimes, simplicity overrides 1337ness. Don't get me wrong, I love irssi and what it brings to the table, but in my (jaded if you shall, eyes) I see something like xchat bringing more to the table than irssi.
On a side note, if your running Arch and are a 1337 bastard like lucid despite knowledge, you need irssi. Not a slam, lucid IS 1337 in my eyes, Linux knowledge and drive alone he deserves a lot of credit.
Okay, I'm almost feeling like a fag here, just going to say I MUCH MUCH RATHER prefer xchat over irssi, and yes I've used both. I loved feeling like an uber badass with irssi, but with hind sight, xchat is my choice.
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Looks cool Daemon, I like the blue.