Start off using HexChat for a client. You can find channels here: https://netsplit.de/channels/. Source: about 1 year ago

First off, grab yourself an IRC client. On their connection info page Hackint has information for both WeeChat and Hexchat, but you could use any IRC client. Source: over 1 year ago

Gajim is for XMPP. For IRC you need Hexchat or Weechat or something like that. Source: over 1 year ago

Hexchat is one of the more popular ones. Source: over 1 year ago

IRC - Also still around and in some cases, the same as it ever was, albeit with a smaller user base. A list of networks can be found here, and while there are many actively developed IRC clients out there, if you don't know where to start, most people recommend HexChat. Reddit's affiliated network is called Snoonet. mIRC is still actively developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey, so by all means, feel free to give that a... Source: over 2 years ago

The Telegram Desktop app is available on Linux, and since it is open source, is commonly available in distro repositories. Source: about 1 year ago

You just need to install Telegram Desktop if you want this specific thing :) Go to https://desktop.telegram.org and download it there. Source: about 1 year ago

Download telegram desktop app from https://desktop.telegram.org/ in ur laptop. Then u can download the videos on ur laptop. Source: about 1 year ago

If unsure, use cross-platform Telegram Desktop app for PC & Mac. Source: over 1 year ago

Telegram also has tar on https://desktop.telegram.org/ which you can extract and run directly it updates by itself. Source: over 1 year ago