< How I Know It's Time to Leave
You don't need to set up a server if you just want to be a user. The channels live on a server so you connect to the server first. Then you join a channel. A third thing you sometimes need to do if the server requires it is register your nickname. So just those three things should have you going.
Connect to a server
Join as many channels as you like
Leave channels or just quit the program
Let me know how you get on!
oh ok the same as it always has been. Thanks :) I will give it a go, it will be good to be back on IRC, it has been decades since I last was there.