Best IRC server for programming channels? [closed]

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I've alwa开发者_如何学编程ys used EFnet for IRC but discovered Freenode recently. Is this the most populated server for programmers in general?

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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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FreeNode is largely accepted as OSS support/discussion channels.

Channels such as #wikipedia, #ubuntu, #extjs, ##C, ##C++, ##OpenGL and more, are all programmer oriented.

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It's the most popular I've found. As a lamp developer I find myself in #mysql, #jquery, and #php.