I have been using the BIP IRC proxy that maintains a persistent connection to a list of IRC channels. However, I’ve heard good things about ZNC and decided to give it a try. The purpose of an IRC proxy, or bouncer, is that you can then point your IRC clients to them to maintain a transparent connection from multiple clients and playback the conversations that took place while you were away. Installing ZNC The ZNC package for Debian Wheezy are very old, so I decide to install from source. In...