# Introduction to KVIrc

Introduction to KVIrc

## Introduction

KVIrc is an Internet Relay Chat client....

## History

The original meaning of the name "KVIrc" was, more or less, "K Visual IRC Client".
The initial K is a common prefix for the applications written for the KDE desktop environment: this was the case of the initial versions of KVIrc. Starting from version 2.0.0 the absolute KDE dependancy has been dropped (for several valid reasons) and the support became optional.
"Visual" was (and is) one of the client goals: having an user-friendly interface to the IRC world.
Many extreme-unix users have misinterpreted the "user-friendly" interface and have tagged KVIrc as a client for "newbies". Well... that is partially true: KVIrc is ALSO a client for newbies: A total IRC novice should be able to "chat" in few minutes after installing the program, preferably without bothering to read any manual. Yes ,I know that it is not in "unix"-style.
On the other side, KVIrc contains a whole bunch of compex features that can be discovered only by reading the documentation and experimenting. I bet that you can also find a lot of undocumented tricks :)

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