IRC reloaded

When I was in Form 5, that's back in 2000, there was a craze about IRC in Mauritius. (Nearly) All guys and gals had a superb nickname and used to chat in different channels. I should say that was a superb occasion to make new friends and to find some nice people with whom we'd go out for a while or for a long time.

Here's a list of channels on DALnet servers that were putting people on fire. I've to add that each secondary school had a channel and students could join them and have a nice chat.

Channel	Description
#mauritius	The Mauritius channel
#maurice	Mauritius in French
#moris	Mauritius in Creole
#drcsss	Dr Regis Chaperon SSS
#dmc	Dr Maurice Curé
#raynal	Gaetan Raynal SSS
#cse	College du Saint Esprit
#drsss	Drupnath Ramphol SSS
#bps	College du Bon et Perpetuel Secours
#qec	Queen Elizabeth College
#lcqb	Loreto Convent Quatre-Bornes
#lcc	Loreto Convent Curepipe

Unfortunately, by the end of 2000, if I'm making no mistakes, the DALnet channel was hacked and we all IRC users lost contact.

A few months after, a new server – GigaIRC – saw the day. Unfortunately, it couldn't bring so many users back to IRC.

Nowadays, #mauritius on DALnet is back again with some life with some great people who participate in some quizzes in which I love taking part. Thanks guys!

There's also #mauritius on GigaIRC.

And all of the secondary school channels, except #cse (now on GigaIRC, not DALnet), have disappeared. What a pity :(

However, I've discovered some new channels by fellow friends: #linux on GigaIRC and #linux.mu on Freenode.

I've been a bit nostalgic here but that's life: life changes and you have to adapt, but memories last as long as we're alive.