Migrating IRC to Libera

The #xoreos IRC channel is migrating to the Libera Chat IRC network.

Creating an account

Add the Libera Chat network at irc.libera.chat to your IRC client. Read https://libera.chat/guides/connect for details.

You will need to register your nick name with NickServ again. Details at https://libera.chat/guides/registration.

After creating your account, it is recommended to do the following to provide greater security of your account:

/msg nickserv set enforce on

It is also recommended that once you create your account you also make an edit to your user page confirming that you are the owner of the account on Libera Chat (to avoid impersonation attempts).

Cloaks

If you're a contributor to xoreos, you're eligble for a xoreos/ cloak, which will hide your IP address on IRC and show your affiliation. After you've registered with NickServ, talk to DrMcCoy, either on #xoreos or using a privmsg.

Differences from Freenode

Libera Chat has a more modern TLS stack than Freenode; most importantly older versions of TLS (specifically 1.0 and 1.1) are not supported on Libera Chat, so you might need to update your IRC client if you regularly connect with TLS enabled.