People use it to exchange information about classes, how their days are
going, and talk on Zephyr classes and instances about everything
-from the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica to the next 18.03
+from the latest episode of Game of Thrones to the next 18.03
problem set.
Zephyr is an underlying chat system; the built-in tools for exchanging messages via Zephyr are rudimentary. Most people who use Zephyr today take advantage of integrated clients that make the system easy to use.
Here are some of the primary clients used at MIT. There's also a listing of [other Zephyr clients](http://zephyr.1ts.org/wiki/ZephyrClients), but their use is generally not recommended.
-### Barnowl
+### BarnOwl
-[Barnowl](http://barnowl.mit.edu/) is a command-line Zephyr client that supports advanced filtering and customisation. It is probably the most commonly used client, but requires some effort to get started. To use Barnowl effectively, you should connect to an [Athena dialup](http://web.mit.edu/dialup/www/ssh.html) and run Barnowl along with a program to renew your Kerberos tickets. The Athena command `athrun sipb owl-screen` will set this up for you.
+[BarnOwl](http://barnowl.mit.edu/) is a command-line Zephyr client that supports advanced filtering and customisation. It is probably the most commonly used client, but requires some effort to get started. To use BarnOwl effectively, you should connect to an [Athena dialup](http://web.mit.edu/dialup/www/ssh.html) and run BarnOwl along with a program to renew your Kerberos tickets. The Athena command `athrun sipb pag-screen` will set up ticket renewal, and `athrun barnowl` after that will run BarnOwl itself.
-In addition to primarily supporting Zephyr, Barnowl also lets you connect to [AIM](http://aim.com) and and [XMPP](http://xmpp.org/) (Google Talk, Facebook, etc.) networks.
+In addition to primarily supporting Zephyr, BarnOwl also lets you connect to [AIM](http://aim.com), [XMPP/Jabber](http://xmpp.org/) (Google Talk, Facebook, etc.), [Twitter](http://twitter.com), and IRC networks.
-See [Getting Started with Barnowl](http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/GettingStarted) for more information.
+See [Getting Started with BarnOwl](http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/GettingStarted) for more information.
### Roost
-[Roost](https://roost.mit.edu/) is a graphical Zephyr client built by [David Benjamin](https://davidben.net/) as part of his [master's thesis](https://davidben.net/thesis.pdf). It is relatively new and currently considered experimental by its author.
+[Roost](https://roost.mit.edu/) is a graphical Zephyr client built by [David Benjamin](https://davidben.net/) (MIT '12, SIPB member) as part of his [master's thesis](https://davidben.net/thesis.pdf). It is relatively new and currently considered experimental by its author.
Roost makes use of [Webathena](https://webathena.mit.edu/) to keep you subscribed to Zephyr. This makes for a much easier setup.
### Zulip
-[Zulip](https://zulip.com/zephyr) is a fully-featured web-based Zephyr client that also provides [mobile apps](https://zephyr.zulip.com/apps) for Android and iOS and desktop apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Zulip is developed by a group of MIT alums who also developed [Ksplice](https://www.ksplice.com/) (rebootless updates for Linux).
-
+[Zulip](https://zulip.com/zephyr) is a web-based Zephyr client that also provides [mobile apps](https://zephyr.zulip.com/apps) for Android and iOS and desktop apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Zulip is developed by a company composed largely of MIT alums and SIPB members.
Zulip, like Roost, is easy to set up because it uses Webathena for authentication.
See [Zulip for MIT setup](http://zulip.com/zephyr) for details.
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