Since IRC is the main used communication channel besides this forum, it is important that it will keep working as should. There is major turmoil at Freenode:
https://gist.github.com/shadowcat-mst/998cea12794768bdb3da2daeff31baad
Not sure if KaOS can stay on Freenode.
The IRC channel was registered on Matrix (KDE server) about 2 years ago, so that will stay an option to connect, should Freenode go down.
https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#kaosx:kde.org
To have another option available, a Telegram channel is now also created:
https://t.me/KaOS_telegram
https://t.me/joinchat/PPgqRmh1M7VhYzlh
Contact page updated:
https://kaosx.us/about/contact/