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 For a general discussion of Collapse OS and the ecosystem of technologies and ideas that may develop around it refer to [r/collapseos][discussion]
 
-A more traditional [listserv][listserv] and [irc][irc] channels are also maintained.
+A more traditional [mailing list][listserv] and IRC (#collapseos on freenode) channels are also maintained.
 
 [libz80]: https://github.com/ggambetta/libz80
 [web]: https://collapseos.org
 [jsemul]: https://schierlm.github.io/CollapseOS-Web-Emulator/
 [discussion]: https://www.reddit.com/r/collapseos
-[irc]: irc://irc.freenode.net/collapseos
 [listserv]: http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/collapseos