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2 A new IRC network: IRCNow!
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4 .PP
5 A new IRC network is in town!
6 .FS
7 irc://irc.ircnow.net:6667
8 ircs://irc.ircnow.net:6697
9 .FE
10 .
11 Ever wanted to feel what an early community looks like?
12 The admin jrmu brought the project together, and is currently collecting users along the way.
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14 .PP
15 Whether you looked for a place to host your own community,
16 or wanted a see a fresh community be grow from fertile ground,
17 the community is welcoming and active.
18 .
19 .QP
20 IRCNow: Of the Users, By the Users, For the Users
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22 .PP
23 A LibrePlanet event
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25 .PP
26 Something else from this community might catch your attention,
27 is its orientation toward being administrated by its users themself:
28 rather than letting the founder handle everything,
29 the community is oriented toward serious teaching of unix command line and system administration to anyone,
30 from beginners to advanced users seeking improvement.
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32 .PP
33 In-person teaching sessions were covered during the LibrePlanet 2022 event
34 .FS
35 https://jrmu.host.ircnow.org/libreplanet/libreplanet.pdf
36 .FE
37 with recording of a test-run of the event
38 .FS
39 the voice only starts from 0h20m
40 talking about Gopher at 1h15m
41 https://0x0.st/oTal.webm
42 .FE
43 where future and present hackers met together working our their system administration and community building skills.
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45 Linux Magazine also ran an interview giving a good impression about the spirit of the project:
46 .FS
47 https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/249/Interview-IRCNow
48 .FE
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50 .PP
51 Beyond yet another IRC network to chat with,
52 IRCnow offers hosting services for
53 IRC bouncers, Bots, E-Mail, VPN, Code, File Storage, and Shell Accounts.
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55 .PP
56 The wiki itself features plenty of technical information on system administration as a support for its bootcamps,
57 which offers a comfortable step-by-step introduction to a complete server administration.
58 .FS
59 https://wiki.ircnow.org/index.php?n=Minutemin.Bootcamp
60 .FE
61 I have often seen administrators hired with less than this much knowledge!