HexChat is an IRC client that was/is? quite popular among the linux community. This Discord community brings back a similar warm fuzzy feeling that was strongest in the 90s when mIRC was the place to hangout online. I used Manjaro for a couple of years, which is way more commitment to one distro than I care to admit 😁 Now, I just use Windows 10 & 11, but anything can happen in 6 months.