diff --git a/site/contact.md b/site/contact.md index 7bd449b..3017b2c 100644 --- a/site/contact.md +++ b/site/contact.md @@ -24,55 +24,33 @@ IRC chatroom ![](https://av.libreboot.org/logo/logo.svg){.imgright} -IRC is the main way to contact the Libreboot project. `#libreboot` on Freenode +IRC is the main way to contact the Libreboot project. `#libreboot` on Libera IRC. Webchat: - + -Freenode is one of the oldest IRC networks, used for Free Software projects. -Find more about them here: +Libera is one of the largest IRC networks, used for Free Software projects. +Find more about them here: If you wish to connect using your preferred client (such as weechat or irssi), the connection info is as follows: -* Server: `chat.freenode.net` +* Server: `irc.libera.chat` * Channel: `#libreboot` * Port (TLS): `6697` * Port (non-TLS): `6667` We recommend that you use port `6697` with TLS encryption enabled. -Here are some guides for various IRC clients: +It is recommend that you use SASL for authentication. These pages on the Libera +website tells you how: -Weechat -------- +* WeeChat SASL guide: +* Irssi SASL guide: +* HexChat SASL guide: - - -Irssi ------ - -Couldn't find any guides on Freenode's website. Just use the above info. - -Here is a guide for configuring SASL: - - -Hexchat -------- - -Couldn't find any guides on Freenode's website, but this is a useful guide for -configuring SASL: - - - -Tor ---- - -You can use Tor, when connecting to Freenode. This may be beneficial, because -Freenode is censored in some countries. Read this article: - - +In general, you should check the documentation provided by your IRC software. Social media ============ diff --git a/site/contrib.md b/site/contrib.md index aa78e26..0387261 100644 --- a/site/contrib.md +++ b/site/contrib.md @@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ Merged a patch from coreboot into libreboot, enabling C3 and C4 power states to work correctly on GM45 laptops. This was a long-standing issue before Athur's contribution. Arthur also fixed VRAM size on i945 on GM45 systems, allowing maximum VRAM allocation for the onboard GPUs on -these systems, another longstanding issue in libreboot. Contact **apvh** -in the \#libreboot IRC channel. **Former libreboot project maintainer**. +these systems, another longstanding issue in libreboot. Arthur also did work on the Libreboot build system, when he was a member of the project. He still works on coreboot, to this day, and Libreboot greatly @@ -99,9 +98,7 @@ Damien Zammit Maintains the Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L coreboot port, which is integrated in libreboot. Also works on other hardware for the benefit of the -libreboot project. Contact **damo22** on the freenode IRC network. This -person's website is [zammit.org](http://www.zammit.org/). **Former libreboot -project maintainer.** +libreboot project. Damien didn't work directly on Libreboot itself, but he worked heavily with Leah Rowe, integrating patches and new board ports into Libreboot, based on @@ -113,9 +110,7 @@ Denis Carikli Based on the work done by Peter Stuge, Vladimir Serbineko and others in the coreboot project, got native graphics initialization to work on the ThinkPad X60, allowing it to be supported in libreboot. Denis gave -a lot of advice and helped found the libreboot project. Contact -**GNUtoo-irssi** in the \#libreboot IRC channel. Denis is also one of -the founders of the [Replicant](http://replicant.us/) project. +a lot of advice and helped found the libreboot project. Denis was a mentor to Leah Rowe in the early days, when she founded the Libreboot project. A lot of the decision decisions taken, especially with the @@ -136,7 +131,6 @@ Jeroen Quint Contributed several fixes to the libreboot documentation, relating to installing Parabola with full disk encryption on libreboot systems. -Contact **Jezza** in the \#libreboot IRC channel. Joshua Gay ---------- @@ -181,8 +175,7 @@ Klemens Nanni ------------- Made many fixes and improvements to the GRUB configuration used in -libreboot, and several tweaks to the build system. Contact **kl3** in -the \#libreboot IRC channel. +libreboot, and several tweaks to the build system. Leah Rowe initially helped Klemens get his project, autoboot, off the ground. Autoboot (website autoboot.org) is no longer online, but was a fork of Libreboot @@ -200,7 +193,7 @@ Lisa Marie Maginnis Lisa is a former sysadmin at the Free Software Foundation. In the early days of the project, she provided Leah with a lot of technical advice. She initially -created the Libreboot IRC channel on Freenode, when Leah did not know how to +created Libreboot IRC channel, when Leah did not know how to use IRC, and also handed +F founder status to Leah for the channel. As an FSF sysadmin, it was Lisa's job to maintain a lot of the infrastructure used by Libreboot; at the time, mailing lists on the GNU Savannah website were used by @@ -277,9 +270,7 @@ Paul Kocialkowski Ported the ARM (Rockchip RK3288 SoC) based *Chromebook* laptops to libreboot. Also one of the main [Replicant](http://www.replicant.us/) -developers. Contact Paul on the libreboot IRC channel by the alias -**paulk** or **paulk-<hostname>** (hostname is variable). **Former -libreboot project maintainer.** +developers. Paul Menzel ----------- @@ -293,8 +284,7 @@ had the same bug. When Linux fixed it, it exposed the same bug in coreboot. Paul worked with Libreboot on this, sending patches to test periodically until the bug was fixed -in coreboot, and then helped her integrate the fix in libreboot. Contact -**PaulePanter** in the \#libreboot IRC channel. +in coreboot, and then helped her integrate the fix in libreboot. Peter Stuge ----------- @@ -369,8 +359,7 @@ Libreboot is made possible because of the work he did, back in 2014. Swift Geek ---------- -Contributed a patch for ich9gen to generate 16MiB descriptors. Contact -**swiftgeek** in the IRC channel. **Former libreboot project maintainer.** +Contributed a patch for ich9gen to generate 16MiB descriptors. After that, Swift Geek slowly became more involved until he became a full time developer. Swift Geeks contributions were never really in the form of *code*, @@ -406,14 +395,13 @@ Engineering of which Timothy is the CEO. Timothy maintains this code in coreboot, helping the project with the libreboot integration for it. This person's contact details are on the raptor site, or you can ping **tpearson** on -the freenode IRC network. +the Libera IRC network. Vladimir Serbinenko ------------------- Ported many of the thinkpads supported in libreboot, to coreboot, and made many fixes in coreboot which benefited the libreboot project. -Contact **phcoder** in the \#coreboot IRC channel on freenode. Vladimir wrote a lot of the original video initialization code used by various Intel platforms in Libreboot, when flashing it (now rewritten diff --git a/site/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md b/site/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md index 8604885..ca40da2 100644 --- a/site/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md +++ b/site/docs/gnulinux/configuring_parabola.md @@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ old packages are deleted from the repositories quickly, once they are updated. A system that hasn't been updated for quite a while will mean potentially more reading of previous posts through the website, and more maintenance work. -The Arch forum can also be useful, if others have the same issue as you. -The *Parabola* IRC channel ([**\#parabola**](https://webchat.freenode.net/) on freenode) can also help you. - Due to this, and the volatile nature of Parabola/Arch, you should only update when you have at least a couple hours of spare time, in case of issues that need to be resolved. You should never update, for example, diff --git a/site/git.md b/site/git.md index 199973c..44ed19b 100644 --- a/site/git.md +++ b/site/git.md @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ have your own Git repository with the patches. Once you have issued a Pull Request, the Libreboot maintainers will be notified via email. If you do not receive a fast enough response from the project, then -you could also notify the project via the #libreboot channel on Freenode. +you could also notify the project via the #libreboot channel on Libera Chat. Another way to submit patches is to email Leah Rowe directly: [leah@libreboot.org](mailto:leah@libreboot.org) is Leah's project email address. diff --git a/site/index.md b/site/index.md index ad424f2..d91d72c 100644 --- a/site/index.md +++ b/site/index.md @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware typically found on a computer. Libreboot is compatible with [specific computer models that use the Intel/AMD x86 architecture](docs/hardware/). Libreboot works well with GNU+Linux and BSD operating systems. User support is available -at [\#libreboot](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot) on Freenode -IRC. +at [\#libreboot](https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat:6697/#libreboot) +on Libera Chat network. ![](https://av.libreboot.org/logo/logo.svg){.imgright} diff --git a/site/news/MANIFEST b/site/news/MANIFEST index 5955ee5..229cb8a 100644 --- a/site/news/MANIFEST +++ b/site/news/MANIFEST @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ releases.md libreboot20210522.md -freenode.md website.md fsf-thank-you.md rms.md diff --git a/site/news/freenode.md b/site/news/freenode.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9fcf5d9..0000000 --- a/site/news/freenode.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,148 +0,0 @@ -% Statement regarding Freenode/Libera IRC -% Leah Rowe -% 20 May 2021 - -Introduction -============ - -Libreboot has long used Freenode for providing IRC chatrooms. Freenode is one -of the most popular IRC networks, and one of the oldest. Recently, there has -been some controversy about its leader, Andrew Lee, and some staff members have -quit to form a new network named Libera. I want everyone to know: I'm completely -neutral about the whole thing. I have no strong feelings one way or the other. -I wish success to both Freenode *and* Libera. - -Libreboot now has a `#libreboot` IRC channel on both the Freenode *and* Libera -networks. The Libera one is to be considered *unofficial*, but it *is* owned -and operated by myself at the present time. I use the same `leah` nick on both -networks. The only reason I'm there right now is to protect the names of my -projects, and also to protect myself, so that someone cannot impersonate me or -my projects. - -Plans for self-hosted IRC -========================= - -I've had a plan on the TODO for a very long time, to self-host an IRC server at -`irc.libreboot.org`. I've concluded that the best decision for Libreboot would -be for me to now press ahead with this plan. The channels on Freenode and -Libera will remain open, but the self-hosted one will become the official -channel. - -I have nothing against Freenode *or* Libera, but I would like to have more -control over my infrastructure. My next target is Git; I will set up a Git -repository, mailing list and (very likely) a SourceHut instance directly on -`git.libreboot.org`. However, self-hosted Git is not currently a high priority -due to the decentralized nature of Git. - -An IRC bot will be erected, bridging the 3 channels (freenode, libera and the -one hosted on `irc.libreboot.org`) such that messages are relayed between them. -This way, it won't matter which one you join. You can use any of the servers! -I have also registered an OFTC channel. Right now, the future of IRC networks -is rather precious, so I'm taking every precaution to protect the Libreboot in -the future. It is my intention that all users on all `#libreboot` channels will -be able to talk to each other. This *bridging* solution is one that I have -concluded is best, to mitigate current political instabilities that exist. I -do not wish for my projects to be involved in anyway. Libreboot is neutral! - -About the Freenode controversies -================================ - -I was offline for several days. I came online again on 20 May 2021, which was -apparently a whole day after the events transpired. What I can gather is this: - -* Andrew Lee, who owns Freenode, wants to run things his way -* Freenode staff were unhappy, because Andrew appointed new staff members - instead -* Those staffers who disagreed with Andrew's leadership have left and now run - the Libera IRC network -* Freenode will now have new staff members, under Andrew's guidance - -Basically, the most natural thing for a Free Software organization is currently -in progress: someone is unhappy, so they made a fork, and the people left behind -now get to run things however they like. The result? Now there are two -organisations, who can both conduct themselves without tension or restraint. -Is that a bad thing? - -Relationships, professional or otherwise, break down all the time. It's life. -However, I do hope that peace can be restored, and that all sides can begin to -cooperate once things calm down. *We* are all in the same fight, namely, the -Free Software movement! - -Life moves on very quickly indeed. I'm here to tell you: Freenode is not the -world, and neither is Libera. Neither will `irc.libreboot.org` be. Neither is -OFTC. Neither is rizon. Neither is snoonet. Neither is EFnet. Neither is that -weird IRC server you found one day on a forum. IRC is IRC. It can sometimes be -a very crazy and chaotic place. - -Anyway, yeah. That's all for now. I really don't have much to say. The rest -of this article will link to external resources, where you can learn more about -the recent events. I only wanted to tell everyone how *I* feel, so that I can -put this issue to rest. I believe that I have now done this! - -Learn more about recent chaos -============================= - -I was going to write more, but I don't think it's needed. Instead, you can -simply refer to the following pages and make up your own mind. I'm only -linking them here so that people have an idea as to what I'm talking about. - -I value my neutrality, so I will not make any statement either way about the -contents of these articles. I haven't read them, precisely because I don't care -but I know you will want to read them, if you're interested enough to read this -article. So here they are! - -News articles -------------- - -Every link below will work with JavaScript turned off, but some of them are -running non-free JavaScript if you have JavaScript turned on. I assume you -already have LibreJS installed anyway, if you care about that. - -The *following* news articles are from media outlets and other people, not from -the people in Freenode and Libera. however, those people also wrote articles -and they are linked in the next sections on this page. - -First though, read these articles: - -* -* -* -* -* -* - -Andrew Lee's article --------------------- - -Here is Andrew's article: - - -I also spotted this article, which seems to be from Andrew aswell: - - -From Libera (former freenode) staff ------------------------------------ - -The following articles are from those individuals who recently resigned from -their posts at Freenode, and moved over to Libera IRC instead. - -NOTE: for github-hosted links, I've linked to the `raw` pages, because these -pages are plain text and therefore do not force you to run any non-free -JavaScript code. - -* Archive link, because this staff member's article was on the index page, which - will obviously change at some point: - (archive - from 19 May 2021) -* Fuchs' article: - one could - say that Freenode no longer has any fuchs to give! -* Aaron Jone's article: - -* jess's article: -* Marco d'ltri's article: -* Ed Kellett's article: -* Emīls Piņķis's article -* JonathanD82's article: -* mniip's article: -* Svante Bengtson's article: -* This article is in French: diff --git a/site/news/rms.pl.md b/site/news/rms.pl.md index 77cc5b0..b5b0350 100644 --- a/site/news/rms.pl.md +++ b/site/news/rms.pl.md @@ -506,9 +506,6 @@ go. Ja osobiście wierze w wolność! Chce wolności dla *wszystkich*, nawet dla tych z którymi nie zgadzam się politycznie! -(Notatka tłumacza: Leah nie kłamie. Na wiele tematów się nie zgadzamy a nadal -jest osobą pełną szacunku i chętną debaty! Zapraszamy na kanał *freenode* IRC -\#free-rms) Dyskryminacja bazowana na czyiś wierzeniach jest zawsze zła. Żadnych „ale”, ja chce aby moi *przeciwnicy polityczni* posiadali wolność, ponieważ: