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'''Freenode''' is an [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) chat network, used mostly for discussing [[open source]] software projects. | '''Freenode''' is an [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) chat network, used mostly for discussing [[open source]] software projects. | ||
The network now known as freenode initally began as a [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] support channel on the | The network now known as freenode initally began as a [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] support channel on the [[EFNet]] IRC network. By 1998, the channel had grown into a network called Open Projects Net, with about 200 users. In 2002, Open Projects Net became Freenode, a division of Peer-Directed Projects Center, a tax-exempt corporation. Freenode has since grown rapidly and now has over 50,000 users and 40,000 channels.<ref>'[http://freenode.net/history.shtml Freenode history]'</ref> Some of freenode's most heavily used channels are those for open source projects such as [[ubuntu]], [[archlinux]], and [[Python (programming language)|python]].<ref>'[http://searchirc.com/search.php?SCHANS=1&SSORT=SIZE&N=freenode SearchIRC.com List of Freenode channels]'</ref> | ||
The Freenode IRC Network can be accessed by going to the [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode Web IRC] page, and also through several IRC Chat clients, including [[chatzilla]], [[IceChat]], and [[xChat]]. | The Freenode IRC Network can be accessed by going to the [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode Web IRC] page, and also through several IRC Chat clients, including [[chatzilla]], [[IceChat]], and [[xChat]]. | ||
== Projects using Freenode == | |||
* [[Ubuntu]] | |||
* [[wikiHow]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia]] projects | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 20:18, 22 December 2010
Freenode is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chat network, used mostly for discussing open source software projects.
The network now known as freenode initally began as a GNU/Linux support channel on the EFNet IRC network. By 1998, the channel had grown into a network called Open Projects Net, with about 200 users. In 2002, Open Projects Net became Freenode, a division of Peer-Directed Projects Center, a tax-exempt corporation. Freenode has since grown rapidly and now has over 50,000 users and 40,000 channels.[1] Some of freenode's most heavily used channels are those for open source projects such as ubuntu, archlinux, and python.[2]
The Freenode IRC Network can be accessed by going to the Freenode Web IRC page, and also through several IRC Chat clients, including chatzilla, IceChat, and xChat.