IRC is back on linux.org

Rob

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I set up an IRC server this week. irc.linux.org, port 6697, TLS.

Main channel is #linux. There are also some other channels that have been created.

NickServ and ChanServ are both running, so you can lock down your nickname and register your own channels:

Code:

/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <your@email>
/msg ChanServ REGISTER #yourchannel

Once a channel is registered it stays yours, ops and all, even if you're the only one who ever shows up.

If you haven't touched IRC in fifteen years, nothing has changed,. apt install hexchat or apt install irssi, connect, join, type.

Channels are open for the taking. Distro channels, project channels, whatever you want to run. Grab them before somebody else does.

Last edited: Aug 21, 2026

If you haven't touched IRC in fifteen years, nothing has changed,. apt install hexchat or apt install irssi, connect, join, type.

I'm getting the following error.

Code:

zsh: command not found: apt

irc must be broken then?

I set up an IRC server this week. irc.linux.org, port 6697, TLS.
Main channel is #linux.org.
NickServ and ChanServ are both running, so you can lock down your nickname and register your own channels:
Code:
/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <your@email>
/msg ChanServ REGISTER #yourchannel
Once a channel is registered it stays yours, ops and all, even if you're the only one who ever shows up.
If you haven't touched IRC in fifteen years, nothing has changed,. apt install hexchat or apt install irssi, connect, join, type.
Channels are open for the taking. Distro channels, project channels, whatever you want to run. Grab them before somebody else does.

I Never really even used (Or even know how to!) IRC Services before.
Any Tips?

Thanks but I don't think I'll hang on IRC.
I've used it only once on debian channels and found IRC to be really belonging to history and to garage hackers.

Search and find a client that works for you.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is much older than you are. It started in the late 1980s and was quite popular at the time. Newsgroups were another thing, but I digress.

A client will make it obvious what you need to do, more or less. You may need to do some searching on your own, but it's straightforward. It is still used by many open-source projects.

chanserve deals with managing channels. nickserve deals with managing usernames. There's a set of commands for both, but you only 'need' nickserve. Then, you only really need that to change, register, and ghost your username. If you don't care about those things, you can ignore them. It's not like the channel is going to get so popular that people are in there impersonating other people.

As for me, I lack the free time to do any IRC stuff right now. I'll be pretty busy for a while longer.

As for me, I lack the free time to do any IRC stuff right now.

Same - I'm excited by the news and hopeful for it's future, I just have so much going on right now.

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Rob

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