Java webclient decommissioning
Following our successful switch of cloaking on our web gateway (http://webchat.freenode.net) to show the full IP address of connecting users (see this blog post), we have decided to transition our old...
View ArticleWebchat downtime
Hi everyone. Currently the freenode webchat instance (webchat.freenode.net) is down. This is due to maintenance by the host of the box upon which the service sits, and looks set to continue for up to a...
View ArticleFurther webchat issues
Unfortunately, it seems the box our webchat is on has decided to fall out with the Internet again. We’re working on setting up a reserve instance which shouldn’t be affected by this sort of issue in...
View ArticleSponsorship Roundup
As you may know, the network operations of freenode are fully supported by donations – of hosting and other resources – from both companies and individuals. We acknowledge all sponsors on our website,...
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PDPC Fundraiser 2011
Hello everyone and Happy St Valentine’s Day! We here at freenode and PDPC love Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and we know that at least 70,000 of you do too. What better time than the middle of...
View ArticleNew GRF-freenode process
As you might know, GRFs (Group Registration Forms) exist to form a relationship between a project and the PDPC (Peer Directed Projects Center). This relationship is relatively formal – personal details...
View Articleircd upgrades
We’ve got some ircd upgrades in the works! You may remember several weeks ago that we upgraded our ircd on the production network. Since then, we’ve wanted to fine-tune some changes and make sure that...
View ArticleDefocus’s visit to the opticians: new guidelines
A couple of months ago, mrmist posted about the #defocus-focus channel, which was looking to improve the atmosphere in #defocus. One of the areas that has been concentrated on is improving the ruleset...
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April Fool’s Day!
Needless to say, our policy changes announced yesterday were in jest, and are not real (unlike a similarly themed post on April Fool’s Day from somewhere far more important!). Expect a future blog post...
View ArticleDatabase prune
Every couple of years, freenode likes to get out the shears and prune the services database. Recently we broke the 80,000 usercount barrier, but the services stats are way ahead: Sat 13:35:46...
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