Recommendations for an IRC server?

Wcool

Hi all,

I like to setup my own IRC server. Would anyone have a good recommendation?
My setup us Ubuntu 8.10 server, so an easy to manage text based interface would be best.

This is what I get when I try to install ircd:

>sudo aptitude install ircd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
"ircd" is a virtual package provided by:
oftc-hybrid ircd-ratbox ircd-ircu ircd-hybrid inspircd
You must choose one to install.

So of those five, which one is the best? Or is there something else out there.
I expect low traffic on the IRC server.

Thanks ahead for any recommendations.

phil

ircd-hybrid is what I've been using for a while. EFNet used to run it (not sure if they still do) and they were a massive network.

po0k

read the manpages online, get a feel for what it's capabilities are, how it's configured, how complicated or easy it will be to manage.

Wcool

Thanks for your comments, I installed hybrid and am going to dive into the man pages