From the Linux and Unix Users Group at Virginia Tech Wiki

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a chat protocol that has been around for a long time but still remains popular, especially among the open source crowd.

Contents 1 Virginia Tech Related IRC Channels 1.1 Freenode 1.2 2600net 2 See Also

[edit] Virginia Tech Related IRC Channels

[edit] Freenode

irc.freenode.net is probably the most popular IRC service for free cultural projects. Big names like Wikipedia and Ubuntu have their official channels there.

#vtluug

Channel for the Linux and Unix Users Group

#ossie

Channel for the OSSIE software defined radio project

#vtreeculture

Channel for Free Culture, once defunct but active again as of January 2010

[edit] 2600net

irc.2600.net offers some nice features like SSL. Virginia Tech students typically primarily idle in just one channel on that server.

#va2600

Channel for 2600 readers, group members and others in Virginia, VT idlers minimal these days

[edit] See Also

• Wikipedia IRC article
• Freenode homepage