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Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Re: Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Post by Ericson2314 »

We had a wonderful all-free-software NixCon 2020 a few months ago (with live talks via Jitsi for talker but not audience for better networking topology). All the code is in https://github.com/nixcon/nixcon-video-infra.

It's probably too close to FOSDOM for the Element crew to hop on the Nix bandwagon for this project, alas, but I look forward to seeing the FOSDEM effort and and ours cross-pollinate in the future!

Re: Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Post by est31 »

Reventlov wrote: post #3

« folks can jump on board and participate via their own servers, clients, bridges, bots etc » Last time I checked, there was only one server really developped, not lagging behind, did that change recently ?

I think this refers to server instances instead of server implementations.

Re: Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Post by Arathorn »

est31 wrote: post #4
Reventlov wrote: post #3

« folks can jump on board and participate via their own servers, clients, bridges, bots etc » Last time I checked, there was only one server really developped, not lagging behind, did that change recently ?

I think this refers to server instances instead of server implementations.

It does - the point is that anyone can spin up their own Matrix server (or pick an existing one) and get involved; they don't have to use the fosdem.org one.

Separately, in terms of implementations: Dendrite is usable these days, albeit beta: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/08/dendrite-is-entering-beta, and meanwhile Synapse is stable. Conduit (https://conduit.rs) is making progress on federation (and works for simple use cases), and Construct (https://github.com/matrix-construct/construct) exists too.

Re: Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Post by Arathorn »

Ericson2314 wrote: post #2

We had a wonderful all-free-software NixCon 2020 a few months ago (with live talks via Jitsi for talker but not audience for better networking topology). All the code is in https://github.com/nixcon/nixcon-video-infra . It's probably too close to FOSDOM for the Element crew to hop on the Nix bandwagon for this project, alas, but I look forward to seeing the FOSDEM effort and and ours cross-pollinate in the future!

very cool - thanks for the pointer :) There seems to be a lot of Nix / Matrix crossover, although for hosting the Matrix bits of FOSDEM we'll be using Debian this time (especially given the crazy tight timeline).

Re: Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Post by dexwell »

Matrix has such incredible potential, but is still missing a mainstream-focused IM client with a beautiful UI and appealing UX. If there are any Swift devs looking for a passion/side project like this, hit me up (link in bio)!

Re: Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Post by mxuribe »

dexwell wrote: post #7

Matrix has such incredible potential, but is still missing a mainstream-focused IM client with a beautiful UI and appealing UX. If there are any Swift devs looking for a passion/side project like this, hit me up (link in bio)!

My favorite client is still Element, but I'll admit to not really being a "mainstream-focused" user. But, I have dabbled a little in Fluffy Chat [https://fluffychat.im], and am encouraged that it might fit the need for many lay users...At least from what I've seen so far (it is still a work in progress, though quite usable).

Re: Taking FOSDEM online via Matrix

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Post by the_duke »

Reventlov wrote: post #3

« folks can jump on board and participate via their own servers, clients, bridges, bots etc » Last time I checked, there was only one server really developped, not lagging behind, did that change recently ?

Sibling comments already mention that this is about custom instances and bridging. Matrix is an open network, you can participate with your own server.

But also note that there is a very actively developed new (official) server implementation called Dendrite. [1]

It's somewhere between alpha and beta.

Dendrite also has some experimental support for peer to peer. [2]

[1] https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite

[2] https://matrix.org/blog/2020/06/02/introducing-p-2-p-matrix

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