Quassel IRC, comes in two parts an IRC client and a bouncer called “Quassel Core”. Quassel Core works like a BNC, ZNC bouncer keeping your chats / channels online while you’re client machine is disconnected. GUI Quassel Clients are available for Windows, Linux and OSX - which was the deal breaker for me.
Setting Quassel up from source proved to be a bit of nightmare and I spent a fair amount of time getting this right, so I thought I’d share my notes on setting up Quassel Core on Ubuntu.
Install Quassel PPA Ubuntu Repository
Install Quassel Core on Ubuntu
Check it’s running:
Quassels default port is 4242:
Connect your Quassel Client to your server and follow the setup wizard.
Enjoy.