Stefan Sperling wrote: > First thing I checked was which clients are available for me to install > on OpenBSD systems. [...]
Apart from web clients (e.g. https://fluffychat.im/web/ , https://app.element.io/ ) which should work "fine" subject to the inherent limitations of web clients, your options on OpenBSD may be limited. WeeChat+Matrix is said to be good for those who love the IRC style. Here's a how-to on OpenBSD: https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/322-weechat-with-matrix-python-plugin-on-openbsd-68 Here's a how-to for Synapse (matrix server) on openBSD: https://robertdherb.com/things/matrix.html > Keeping a matrix bridge to the current freenode channels alive means we're > not actually leaving this network. To support the former freenode staff it > makes more sense to switch IRC server *and* possibly look into a migration > to Matrix. I don't think these are conflicting goals. Yes, I think those two would go nicely together, and I expect we will see Matrix enthusiasts setting up bridging to the replacement alongside the original Freenode bridge for everyone. In fact I was surprised they didn't blog out about that the same day; I'm sure they will soon. > The freenode problem apparently happened because of for-profit investment. > [...] Matrix development is primarily backed by a for-profit, vector-im. > By design, and in the long term(!), this structure is vulnerable to the > same type of problem that just happened to freenode. [...] Not really. It's much more like the email ecosystem. On the contrary, where Libera.chat is a system with centralized control with corresponding policies such as "We reserve the right to terminate anyone’s access to our services at our discretion." [https://libera.chat/policies], Matrix is a system with federated control which means if you don't like a given service provider's terms and conditions you can choose another or set up your own, either openly federated with others or even as a closed federation, whichever best suits your needs. Matrix (the open technology standards) is governed by the Matrix Foundation, https://matrix.org/foundation/ . Element.io (previously named vector.im) is a company set up by the group of people who left their previous proprietary-comms jobs to fund creating Matrix as an Open project. Other non-Element groups, companies and individuals are already producing independent Matrix clients, servers, bridges, and services. https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now -- a list, filtered by servers, clients, etc. Matrix servers and services are already operated independently by many large organizations (Mozilla, KDE, GNOME, ...), universities, national governments, and so on. Thank you for taking a look and posting your observations. -- - Julian
