Ok without support for searching #matrix chat room history, messages are effectively ephemeral... like connecting to #irc without a bouncer 🤦🏼♂️
This is going to probably make a lot of people angry/restart IRC/matrix flamewars, but I feel like it has to be said if we are going to push #matrix as a more open alternative to the other walled chat gardens (proprietary or otherwise) out there. I, a IRC user for decades, want Matrix to succeed, but the UX needs to suck a lot less than it does today.
does anyone have a recommendation for a matrix server I could join?
Ideally foss / programming oriented #matrix
@jadi @stefano Just browsing the wiki, I'm
a) surprised there are more services than "just" #mastodon 🤩 (wow!)
b) as a die-hard #IRC fan (nothing beats #irssi in #xterm!!!), a bit disappointed the chat stuff is only available via #matrix 😁
Hehe ... also reminds me to one day revisit my "#libircbot" (designed to write IRC bots in pure #C, actually used for a bot, but far from finished)
I am an enthusiastic supporter of Matrix because I can imagine a world where everyone can communicate securely and privately with their friends and family, companies, medical services, governments and anyone else, free of snooping and manipulation by powerful individual companies.
In this world, we can talk privately, do business, and administrate our lives without worrying about who is excluded, who is listening, and whether we are the product.
https://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/2024/04/20/standing-for-the-matrix-governing-board/
Now is a good time to become a Matrix Foundation member, because it will allow you to vote for members of the new Governing Board, who will support and guide Matrix.
A few months ago, I persuaded a client to abandon an external cloud system and use Nextcloud on their own server instead. Powered by FreeBSD and ZFS, it has already demonstrated its strengths on a couple of occasions (such as in the case of a snapshot rollback). This morning, they expressed the desire to abandon the various WhatsApp groups they use for coordination and to use a solution "all on their servers." I was inspired and quickly installed both an ejabberd and a Matrix server (Synapse) - which they will probably prefer, according to the latest news they sent me - on two FreeBSD jails.
Today, we have the awareness and experience of what it means to give our data to large companies, completely losing control over it. We have the tools, so why not use them?
And I'm really happy when someone like them, thanks to their willingness to try "new" solutions, realizes the alternatives to the colorful, advertised, warmly recommended (by salespeople) "proprietary" solutions.
#Jabber #XMPP #Matrix #Nextcloud #SelfHost #OSS #OwnYourData
This is interesting: ejabberd 24.02 has been released, with Matrix federation support
I have created #matrix #space for #clang 
.
Rooms:
- #c-lang:bsd.cafe (join) ...#programming in the C language in general
- #c-game-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...game development in the C programming language, game engines, physics, ecs
- #c-embedded-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...#embedded systems development in the C programming language
- #c-sys-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...system programming in the C language, os, drivers
- #c-web-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...web development in the C programming language, client, server, wasm
- #c-graphics-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...graphics development in the C programming language, 2d, 3d, GUI
- #c-lang-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...programming languages development in the C language
- #c-ai-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...ai and data science using the C programming language, robotics
- #c-compiler:bsd.cafe (join) ...anything related to the C programming language #compiler, tools
- #c-learning:bsd.cafe (join) ...learning the C programming language together, sharing resources, asking for help
- #c-showcase:bsd.cafe (join) ...sharing own projects and development process in the C programming language
- #c-evangelism:bsd.cafe (join) ...the C programming language will never die, philosophy, refutations
- #c-cafe:bsd.cafe (join) ...coffee breaks, off-topic, miscellaneous from the C language programmers
I have created #matrix #space for the @hare #programming language 
.
Rooms:
- #hare-lang:bsd.cafe (join) ...programming in the Hare language in general
- #hare-game-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...game development in the Hare programming language, game engines, physics, ecs
- #hare-embedded-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...embedded systems development in the Hare programming language
- #hare-sys-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...system programming in the Hare language, os, drivers
- #hare-web-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...web development in the Hare programming language, client, server, wasm
- #hare-graphics-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...graphics development in the Hare programming language, 2d, 3d, GUI
- #hare-lang-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...programming languages development in the Hare language
- #hare-ai-dev:bsd.cafe (join) ...ai and data science using the Hare programming language, machine learning, robotics
- #hare-compiler:bsd.cafe (join) ...anything related to the Hare programming language compiler, tools
- #hare-learning:bsd.cafe (join) ...learning the Hare programming language together, sharing resources, asking for help
- #hare-showcase:bsd.cafe (join) ...sharing own projects and development process in the Hare programming language
- #hare-evangelism:bsd.cafe (join) ...the Hare programming language will never die, philosophy, refutations
- #hare-cafe:bsd.cafe (join) ...coffee breaks, off-topic, miscellaneous from the Hare language programmers
Do you use Matrix for chatting? Do you like Vim? I got the perfect tool for you. ✨
📨 **iamb**: A Matrix client for Vim addicts.
💬 Use Vim keybindings for message editing, window navigation, and tab management in your terminal!
🔗 Docs: https://iamb.chat
⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb
🦀 @matrix + @ratatui_rs
#rustlang #tui #ratatui #matrix #client #messaging #vim #neovim #terminal
❝… macOS App Store … matrix.org lied to me. Element X is available on iOS and macOS, Element is not. …❞
I don't doubt that there's an onboarding issue, but there seems to be some confusion.
@isotopp which version of iOS?
Please see these two pages:
— <https://element.io/download> with Element for Mac (desktop)
— <https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/element-messenger/id1083446067> with Element Messenger for iOS.
From the latter:
— iPhone – Requires iOS 15.0 or later
— iPad – Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later
— iPod touch – Requires iOS 15.0 or later
— Apple Vision – Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
❝… macOS App Store … matrix.org lied to me. Element X is available on iOS and macOS, Element is not. …❞
I don't doubt that there's an onboarding issue, but there seems to be some confusion.
@isotopp which version of iOS?
Please see these two pages:
— <https://element.io/download> with Element for Mac (desktop)
— <https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/element-messenger/id1083446067> with Element Messenger for iOS.
From the latter:
— iPhone – Requires iOS 15.0 or later
— iPad – Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later
— iPod touch – Requires iOS 15.0 or later
— Apple Vision – Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
@isotopp Für "kurze Zeit"? Dann schau mal auf diesen Bug hier, bei dem der Schlüsselaustausch in #Matrix nicht klappt.
https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/issues/1721
Seit 3+ Jahren offen, Dutzende Nutzer beschweren sich dass Nachrichten in verschlüsselten Channels nicht lesbar sind obwohl sie alle Keys haben. Bisher ist da nichts passiert.
Warum weiß ich das? War davon betroffen, weil eine Konferenz bei der ich helfe, verschlüsselte Channels einsetzt.
Not previously broadcast, I imagine no harm in doing so now:
sandpit
https://matrix.to/#/#sandpit:matrix.org
❝Experimental (testing for newcomers, and so on). This space includes various BSD- and FreeBSD-related rooms – two of which (lobby, general) are provided by the FreeBSD Project.❞
The space also includes:
— BSD Cafe rooms
— a well-populated FreeBSD room (established long before the space that is currently provided by The FreeBSD Project)
— a throwaway comments room, where (amongst other things) I test then delete Matrix links.
#Matrix #space #rooms #Element #BSD #Cafe #FreeBSD #sandpit #experiment
Not previously broadcast, I imagine no harm in doing so now:
sandpit
https://matrix.to/#/#sandpit:matrix.org
❝Experimental (testing for newcomers, and so on). This space includes various BSD- and FreeBSD-related rooms – two of which (lobby, general) are provided by the FreeBSD Project.❞
The space also includes:
— BSD Cafe rooms
— a well-populated FreeBSD room (established long before the space that is currently provided by The FreeBSD Project)
— a throwaway comments room, where (amongst other things) I test then delete Matrix links.
#Matrix #space #rooms #Element #BSD #Cafe #FreeBSD #sandpit #experiment
- Primary Auth NS & NTP
- Secondary NS & NTP
- Webserver (#manpageblog)
- #snac (#Fediverse server) & #synapse (#Matrix chat server)
- #Tor relay node
Today I found out #FluffyChat apparently has read receipt indicators and they are just flaky. Never seen a single one in quite a bit of time using it on my phone and assumed it was just a missing feature. My current workaround is just having two #matrix clients on my phone, element just if I wanna check read receipts and fluffychat for anything else, though that is kind of annoying
Come visit @wedistribute on there #Matrix group
https://matrix.to/#/#wedistribute:matrix.org
Also come follow them on:
@Damon are you in the #matrix channel on #wedistribute ? I am thinking of joining in.