Checkout a CVS-controlled d6 through SVN: https://svn.civicactions.net/repos/drupal/6/trunk/
Drupal win's packt publishing comp: http://www.packtpub.com/article/drupal-wins-overall-2007-open-source-cms...
irc channel is at #drupalchch on irc.freenode.net
http://drupal.net.nz should be live with a drupal 5 site soon