Hello, On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 01:54:45PM -0400, Bone Baboon wrote: > Will Guix continue to use Freenode? > > Will Guix create #guix channels on other IRC networks? (Several of the > resignation letters refer to <https://libera.chat/>)
The channel #guix will probably continue to exist on Freenode but most users are switching to libera.chat. As we talk the logs on http://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix are now those of #guix on libera.chat I have the feeling that the Guix website will be updated soon to reflect this move. > Will Guix start it's own IRC server(s)? It is not an option discussed and I think it would be a misplacement of Guix scarce resources. > # IRC alternatives / compliments On alternatives you missed Matrix[1] which is federated (like email) and have several clients includig weechat for text-based interface. Several people (and I am one of them) already uses Matrix clients to access IRC networks with bridges (which libera.chat does not already have but work is in progress). There is even some ongoing work ([2], [3]) on making Matrix more peer-to-peer but it is still completely experimental. [1]: https://matrix.org [2]: https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/06/introducing-the-pinecone-overlay-network [3]: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/06/02/introducing-p-2-p-matrix