Happy 15th!
15 years ago, on January 29th 1994 Rob (lilo) Levin first joined the channel #linuxneo on the EFNet IRC network. This date has since been referred to as the conceptual moment, the foundation, the...
View ArticleWho Are freenode Staff? (Part 2 of ?)
It’s been a while since we posted Part 1 of our series on “Who Are freenode Staff?” – which makes it about time to post a bit more. Gary – Since today is Gary’s birthday, it’s only fitting to discuss...
View ArticleFree as in freenode
Most of you are probably familiar with the various freedoms that are frequently stated, such as freedom of speech or expression. While freenode does exist to promote communication amongst free and...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2010
The New Year is arriving in various parts of the world, and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people who continue making freenode possible. Our very dedicated and generous hardware and...
View ArticleFosscon 2010 Free and Open Source Software Conference.
While talking online is great, meeting in person presents brand new opportunities… and we would like to meet you! In 4 days (on June 19th, 2010), a number of us as well as members of the community in...
View ArticleBe Safe Out There
freenode is sometimes a target of spammers, bots, or attempts to trick users into taking action or giving up information they normally would not. One form of spam, popular recently, claims that...
View ArticleHappy Holidays!
Just a quick note to wish each and every one of our users, sponsors, donors, volunteers and projects for making freenode great. It’s amazing being able to communicate and collaborate with such a...
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Merry Christmas
It was the day before Christmas, when all across the network not a creature was stirring, not even a troll… Another year is coming to a close, a year of FOSS, a year of collaboration, a year of getting...
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planet.freenode.net
Today, we launched planet.freenode.net. It aggregates this here staffblog, the Geeknic blog, and various personal blogs of the people behind and around freenode. Simply point your favourite RSS reader...
View ArticleHelping GNOME defend its trademark
The GNOME project will be familiar to the vast majority of our users, what you might not be aware of is that the project is currently facing an expensive trademark battle against Groupon with the...
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