Halloy IRC client
Halloy is a new cross-platform IRC client written in Rust.
Installation on Ubuntu 23.04 Linux
flatpak install flathub org.squidowl.halloy
See out blog post Flatpak installation on Ubuntu 23.04 if you don’t have Flatpak installed.
Flatpak Installation on Ubuntu 23.04
Installation
sudo apt install -y flatpak
Extra steps:
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Discord…
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Best
ed25519:
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