Quassel is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client, meaning that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core -- much like the popular combination of screen and a text-based IRC client such as WeeChat, but graphical. In addition to this uniqe feature, we aim to bring a pleasurable, comfortable chatting experience to all major platforms (including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X as well as Qtopia-based cell phones and PDAs), making communication with your peers not only convenient, but also ubiquitous available.
And the best of all: It's free - as in beer and as in speech, since we distribute Quassel under the GPL, and you are welcome to download and see for yourself!
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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Notable new features and changes of this release are channel-specific highlights, improved OS X integration, DockManager compatibility, and proper handling of intermediate CA certificates.
· Quassel 0.9.0 also adds Halfop support, DH1080 key exchange, authentication via SASL EXTERNAL, updated translations (now also available in Lithuanian, Romanian, and even Esperanto), and bugfixes of all sorts.