Internet Relay Chat
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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
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, active
#ossie: Channel for the OSSIE software defined radio prroject, inactive
#vtreeculture: Channel for Free Culture, defunct
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.