The Mac platform was always considered a premium platform, hence much of its software is shareware or commercial. In the recent days more freeware applications have emerged, but the majority are small utilities and not full scale applications. Enter the world of GNU which can not only provide "free" applications as in beer, but most importantly, "Free", as in Freedom.
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The short while I've owned a mac (got myself a mini two months ago), I've found a lot of freeware tools, and programs, so I'm personally not complaining. You can find a ton on Apple's page, if you haven't already looked there
Just to let you know, someone already did port X-Chat to OSX. GO look for xchat Aqua http://xchataqua.sourceforge.net/

The short while I've owned a mac (got myself a mini two months ago), I've found a lot of freeware tools, and programs, so I'm personally not complaining. You can find a ton on Apple's page, if you haven't already looked there