>>6543649Hexchat supports gtk, and there are some you can find via users dotfiles on github if you search.
As far as ricing related stuff, #rice is pretty serious but I don't have much time to dedicate to discussion to most channels I'm in these days. Depends on what you're looking for. #/w/alls is casual and anime related so I prefer it, #code is aimed at well - advanced coding (linux mostly). Otherwise, theres plenty of /g/ channels out there...
You're probably best not going on Rizon at all but you know, every network has a fair of arrogant users.
Stick to channels under 100 users.