Internet Relay Chat

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.

Virginia Tech Related IRC Channels

OFTC

irc.oftc.net is a smaller IRC service for smaller free cultural projects, including Tor.

#vtluug

Channel for the Linux and Unix Users Group

#vtcsec

Channel for the Cyber Security Club

#cs-lounge

Channel for the Computer Science Lounge

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.

#ossie

Channel for the OSSIE software defined radio project

#vtfreeculture

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

##vt-enge1104

Unofficial channel for students in ENGE 1104

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

See Also

• Wikipedia IRC article
• Freenode homepage