https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/1239735 - my previous IRC write-up from 3 months ago.
Been using AdiIRC for about a week now and everything works as good or better than mIRC.
I do recommend a different color scheme thou. https://dev.adiirc.com/projects/adiirc/boards/6
They release torrents in the public trackers anyway. So I’m not really missing out on anything from them.
It’s available without having to rely on seeders. Which is often an issue with older series