Nix McRetro
Well, for the most part it seemed to work for a while and I was able to join in on my conversation with myself a few times. IRC might be a good way of having an instant chat running on the rock-solid Raspberry Pi.
So far I’ve meddled with InspIRCd for the server and Anope and Atheme for the services (bot control and whatnot… ChanServ, NickServ, etc.), and I got stuck on that second part. Still, progress is progress. I’m sure I’ll have it working before the month is out. There should be a web-based version sitting here too for those less inclined to crack open mIRC, Textual, Konversation and heck, even Irssi! :)