Ubuntu’s IRC support channels to be ‘sunset’, some aren’t happy

Getting is planning to ‘sunset’ IRC as an official support method, and some long-time users aren’t happy. The recently Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS release announcement didn’t include a link to the Ubuntu Support IRC channel under its “if you have a question” section – though, from looking, the last announcement to list IRC was the one for Ubuntu 24.10). Even so: it led some to ask what the status of the #ubuntu-support channel on IRC Aaron Rainbolt, an Ubuntu Community Council member, said the omission was likely “accidental” in a reply posted to a followup discussion on Ubuntu’s Discourse, titled “Keep […]
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