Last Month IRC Entered Its 39th Year and It's Still Growing (New IRC Networks)
A week ago we took note of 506 IRC networks being tracked/seen by netsplit.de. It has since then grown. "There are 511 known IRC networks listed below," the site says today and Linux.org is still not included in or added to it, maybe due to the small network size (so far).
From the welcome message (MOTD):
* 1 :unknown connections * 9 :channels formed * I have 10 clients and 1 servers * Current local users: 10 Max: 14 * Current global users: 10 Max: 14 * irc.linux.org message of the day * _ _ * | | (_)_ __ _ ___ __ ___ _ __ __ _ * | | | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / / _ \| '__/ _` | * | |___| | | | | |_| |> < | (_) | | | (_| | * |_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ \___/|_| \__, | * |___/ * * Welcome to irc.linux.org * * Register your nickname so nobody else can take it: * /msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <your@email> * /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password> * * Register a channel you created: * /msg ChanServ REGISTER #yourchannel * * Help: * /msg NickServ HELP * /msg ChanServ HELP * * Ports: 6667 (plain) 6697 (TLS, preferred) * * Be decent to each other. Network staff wear /oper hats. * End of message of the day. * [...] s * :You must specify a parameter for the snomask mode. Syntax: (+|-)<snomasks>|*. * There are 8 users and 3 invisible on 2 servers * 9 :channels formed * I have 11 clients and 1 servers * Current local users: 11 Max: 14 * Current global users: 11 Max: 14
11 users online (myself included), maximum was 14 some time in the recent past. █