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freenode, formerly known as '''Open Projects Network''', is a popular 2004. ISBN 0-596-00687-X Their servers are all accessible from the DNS name chat.freenode.net , which sends the users to the server in rotation that is best able to accept new connections. http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml HISTORY freenode began as a 4-person GNU/Linux support channel called #LinPeople on EFnet , another IRC network. By 1995 it moved from being just a channel to its own network, irc.linpeople.org. In early 1998 it changed to Open Projects Net (OPN) with about 200 users and under 20 channels. The OPN soon grew to become the largest network for the Free Software Community , and 20th largest in the world. In 2002 the name changed to freenode. The Peer-Directed Projects Center was founded as the legal umbrella organization. TODAY freenode is the largest FOSS IRC network in existence, encompassing more than 30,000 users and 10,000 channels. Network statistics over the last two weeks The top 5 channels (in number of users) are (as of July 6 , 2007 ): List of freenode channels - irc.netsplit.de # #ubuntu at 1076 # #gentoo at 930 # #debian at 777 # #linux at 605 # #php at 528 # #perl at 498 # #rubyonrails at 473 MAJOR EVENTS
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