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@@ -11,27 +11,22 @@ ngIRCd \- the "next generation" IRC daemon
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR ngIRCd
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR ngIRCd

-is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small
+is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server for small

 or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
 .PP
 or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
 .PP

-The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
-optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
-user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
-server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
-daemon of the IRCNet.
+The server is quite easy to configure and runs as a single-node server or can
+be part of a network of ngIRCd servers in a LAN or across the internet. It
+optionally supports the IPv6 protocol, SSL/TLS-protected client-server and
+server-server links, the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system for user
+authentication, IDENT requests, and character set conversion for legacy
+clients.

 .PP
 .PP

-The name ngIRCd means
+The name ngIRCd stands for

 .IR "next-generation IRC daemon",
 which is a little bit exaggerated:
 .IR "lightweight Internet Relay Chat server"
 most probably would have been a better name :-)
 .PP
 .IR "next-generation IRC daemon",
 which is a little bit exaggerated:
 .IR "lightweight Internet Relay Chat server"
 most probably would have been a better name :-)
 .PP

-Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Hurd, IRIX,
-Linux, macOS, Minix, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
-As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
-there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
-systems as well.
-.PP

 By default ngIRCd logs diagnostic and informational messages using the syslog
 mechanism, or writes directly to the console when running in the foreground
 (see below).
 By default ngIRCd logs diagnostic and informational messages using the syslog
 mechanism, or writes directly to the console when running in the foreground
 (see below).