Am 21. May, 2021 schwätzte Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss so:
moin moin,
> Even if Freenode turns out to be compromised one way or another, that
> doesn't incriminate IRC. Just switch IRC servers for the club's IRC
> channel.
That's what I did initially. I followed the admins and established a new
channel on Libera.chat.
I followed up today with Matrix and OFTC rooms.
I'm happy to stick with IRC. It's by far my preferred public chat system.
I'm also open to trying new FLOSS options. In the case of Matrix, we can
ostensibly bridge between Matrix and IRC, then people can use whichever
they choose.
I believe there's also an option to bridge between Matrix and Mattermost.
ciao,
der.hans
> SteveT
>
>
> Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 19 May 2021 13:31:34 -0700
>
>> I’ll swing by. I like IRC. I hope we stay with IRC.
>>
>>> On May 19, 2021, at 12:57 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss
>>> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> moin moin,
>>>
>>> it seems there's been a takeover of the IRC network we've been using
>>> for years.
>>>
>>> https://lwn.net/Articles/856543/
>>>
>>> Several of the volunteer staff I know of have resigned. I do not know
>>> them, just know of them. Others that I do know have been actively
>>> helping people move.
>>>
>>> Here's a statement from the corporate person:
>>>
>>> https://gist.github.com/realrasengan/88549ec34ee32d01629354e4075d2d48
>>>
>>> Lots of other FLOSS project are moving to the new Libera.chat
>>> network.
>>>
>>> I have setup #PLUGaz on there to make sure we don't get squatted off
>>> our normal channel name.
>>>
>>> Do we want to move? Do we want to consider other IRC networks?
>>>
>>> Do we want to move to Matrix or other FLOSS chat?
>>>
>>> In any case, swing by one and/or the other and say hi.
>>>
>>> We are requiring nick registration to join the new channel at this
>>> time and Libera.chat does require an email address to register a
>>> nick. It allows sub-addressing, so you can use a unique email
>>> address.
>>>
>>> SSL connections: irc.Libera.chat/6697
>>> clear text connections: irc.Libera.chat/6667
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
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