@recursiveelegance Hmm, I thought IRC faded out when #FreeNode went down. I guess it survived to some extent through #LiberaChat and maybe #OFTC.

Irssi the #irc client that rocks:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/craigevil-176422/irssi-the-irc-client-that-rocks-2957/

#irssi #irc #libera #oftc #linux

#OFTC: /msg nickserv help identify
Usage: IDENTIFY password [nick]

#liberachat: /msg nickserv help identify
Syntax: IDENTIFY <nick> <password>

🤦‍♂️

"Long live Freenode!" [IRC Take-over, Moving services to OFTC]

https://n0toose.net/posts/long-live-freenode/

"All kingdoms must fall someday. Even the virtual ones."

#IRC Alternatives to #Freenode:

#Libera (New by old Freenode staff)
https://libera.chat/

#OFTC (2 decades old)
https://oftc.net/

@TheOuterLinux @lord Note as well that among the #OFTC network operators is Neil McGovern, the director of #Gnome. This is probably not a good force to have in the free software community: http://techrights.org/wiki/GNOME_Foundation

@lord @TheOuterLinux #Libera uses MS for web hosting & they've jailed their web gateway in #cloudflare. #OFTC forces you to solve a Google #reCAPTCHA (thus #nonfreesoftware) to get a cloak -- & some channels (e.g. #gnucash) force you to register before you have a voice. So bad options all around.

Le #support #IRC debian-facile quitte #freenode et passe sur #OFTC
Plus de détails sur le forum debian-facile https://debian-facile.org/viewtopic.php?id=30098

RT @fosdem@twitter.com

After the hostile takeover of #freenode comes the hostile takeover of the channels. New freenode "staff" has stolen #fosdem , the third-largest channel on freenode, from us.

FOSDEM has moved to @liberachat@twitter.com and we urge you to move to @liberachat@twitter.com or #OFTC immediately.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fosdem/status/1397454352835653632

RT @fosdem

After the hostile takeover of #freenode comes the hostile takeover of the channels. New freenode "staff" has stolen #fosdem , the third-largest channel on freenode, from us.

FOSDEM has moved to @liberachat and we urge you to move to @liberachat or #OFTC immediately.

#fosdem

After the hostile takeover of #freenode comes the hostile takeover of the channels. New freenode "staff" has stolen #fosdem , the third-largest channel on freenode, from us.

FOSDEM has moved to @liberachat and we urge you to move to @liberachat or #OFTC immediately.

RT @fosdem
After the hostile takeover of #freenode comes the hostile takeover of the channels. New freenode "staff" has stolen #fosdem , the third-largest channel on freenode, from us.

FOSDEM has moved to @liberachat and we urge you to move to @liberachat or #OFTC immediately.

RT @fosdem@twitter.com

After the hostile takeover of #freenode comes the hostile takeover of the channels. New freenode "staff" has stolen #fosdem , the third-largest channel on freenode, from us.

FOSDEM has moved to @liberachat@twitter.com and we urge you to move to @liberachat@twitter.com or #OFTC immediately.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fosdem/status/1397454352835653632

Après quelques hésitations, #Hypra quitte finalement #Freenode pour #OFTC. Retrouvez-nous sur le chan HypraTeam, comme précédemment. #IRC

RT @fosdem@twitter.com

After the hostile takeover of #freenode comes the hostile takeover of the channels. New freenode "staff" has stolen #fosdem , the third-largest channel on freenode, from us.

FOSDEM has moved to @liberachat@twitter.com and we urge you to move to @liberachat@twitter.com or #OFTC immediately.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fosdem/status/1397454352835653632

@jameshjacksonjr

yeah, I registered on both #libera and #oftc. different projects I follow or am involved in are planning on migrating to either of the two, so let's see.

also using @matrix to bridge to oftc (and bridge to libera is in the works).

@nicd

lots of info/discussions over the past 12+ hours.

I've registerd on #libera and #oftc, let's see how things unfold in the coming days...

https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409# #IRC : #FreeNode FAQ maybe there is an other one showing a different perspective, is there any ? until the situation is sorted out I'll use #OFTC network which is used by #debian project for a while now

http://kline.sh/# #FreeNode is on fire , I consider to relocate to #OFTC #IRC network as fallback @Brunus@framapiaf.org

https://debconf-video-team.pages.debian.net/docs/# #MiniDebConfOnline is streaming to the #Web now , join also #IRC #OFTC #minidebconf-online channel !

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