IRC channel moving to libera.chat
Posted: 26. May 2021, 14:15
Following the upheaval with Freenode the last week, I created a #salix channel on libera.chat. Our homepage already points to that instead of the old channel at Freenode. There is no webchat feature yet on libera.chat, so access is possible only through using an IRC client, but that is being worked on. I urge everyone to move to that channel.
For the time being the #salix channel at Freenode is still up. If I mention anything about libera.chat there, the channel will probably be forcefullly snatched away from my control, as has already happened with hundreds of other channels. Since we have a default desktop icon on all new installations that uses that channel as a contact point through the Freenode webchat, I will not delete the channel in Freenode yet. That will probably happen after Salix 15.0 is released though (it will be released at some point! ).
I won't go into the details of the conflict, if anyone wants, they can find a lot of information online. I'm adding a few links below though:
* Libera.Chat homepage
* freenode now belongs to Andrew Lee, and I'm leaving for a new network.
* Upheaval at freenode
* Gentoo Freenode channels have been hijacked
* CentOS IRC channels moving to irc.libera.chat
* Mutt IRC channel moving to Libera.Chat
* IRC/Migrating to Libera Chat
For the time being the #salix channel at Freenode is still up. If I mention anything about libera.chat there, the channel will probably be forcefullly snatched away from my control, as has already happened with hundreds of other channels. Since we have a default desktop icon on all new installations that uses that channel as a contact point through the Freenode webchat, I will not delete the channel in Freenode yet. That will probably happen after Salix 15.0 is released though (it will be released at some point! ).
I won't go into the details of the conflict, if anyone wants, they can find a lot of information online. I'm adding a few links below though:
* Libera.Chat homepage
* freenode now belongs to Andrew Lee, and I'm leaving for a new network.
* Upheaval at freenode
* Gentoo Freenode channels have been hijacked
* CentOS IRC channels moving to irc.libera.chat
* Mutt IRC channel moving to Libera.Chat
* IRC/Migrating to Libera Chat