As many of you might have noticed, there has been some shifting around with the Freenode IRC network in the past few days [1][2]. This has resulted in a number of Freenode staff members resigning and starting a new IRC network.
Considering the future status of Freenode and given the track record of the folks involved with the new network called Libera Chat [3], we’ve decided that we’re moving #osuosl (and any other related channels) over to irc.libera.chat.
We’ll keep the Freenode channels alive for a little while longer but intend to close them down within a month or so. For those interested, we are considering spinning up a Matrix server at some point to provide a more rich chat experience but for now we still use IRC for most of our communication with FOSS projects.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know otherwise we’ll see you on Libera Chat in #osuosl!
Thanks-
[1] https://kline.sh
[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/856543/
[3] https://libera.chat/
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Lance Albertson
Director
Oregon State University | Open Source Lab