Best IRC server for programming channels?

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JamesBrownIsDead picture JamesBrownIsDead · Oct 29, 2009 · Viewed 44.9k times · Source

I've always used EFnet for IRC but discovered Freenode recently. Is this the most populated server for programmers in general?

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Pete picture Pete · Oct 29, 2009

Freenode is one of the better general purpose OSS IRC networks. For GNOME/GTK+ technologies, most people use GIMPNet (irc.gimp.net).

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