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TODO: mailing lists, mastodon server and peertube account.
User support
IRC or Reddit are recommended, if you wish to ask for support (IRC recommended). See below for information about IRC and Reddit.
Development discussion
Mailing lists are planned for the future. For now, see notes on the Git page for information about how to assist with development.
Instructions are also on that page for sending patches (via pull requests).
IRC chatroom
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IRC is the main way to contact the Libreboot project. #libreboot on Freenode
IRC.
Webchat: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreboot
Freenode is one of the oldest IRC networks, used for Free Software projects. Find more about them here: https://freenode.net/
If you wish to connect using your preferred client (such as weechat or irssi), the connection info is as follows:
- Server:
chat.freenode.net - 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:
Weechat
https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_quickstart.en.html
Irssi
Couldn't find any guides on Freenode's website. Just use the above info.
Here is a guide for configuring SASL: https://freenode.net/kb/answer/irssi
Hexchat
Couldn't find any guides on Freenode's website, but this is a useful guide for configuring SASL:
https://freenode.net/kb/answer/hexchat
Tor
You can use Tor, when connecting to Freenode. This may be beneficial, because Freenode is censored in some countries. Read this article:
https://freenode.net/kb/answer/chat
Social media
Libreboot exists officially on many places.
Twitter and Mastodon
News announcements: https://twitter.com/libreboot/
The founder and lead developer, Leah Rowe, is also on Twitter and Mastodon:
- https://twitter.com/n4of7 (use nitter to avoid non-free JavaScript)
- https://mas.to/@libreleah
Leah can also be contacted by her email address: leah@libreboot.org
Mostly used as a support channel, and also for news announcements: https://www.reddit.com/r/libreboot/