Linux Mint 22 Will Include Preinstalled App for Matrix - OMG! Ubuntu
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Linux Mint 22 will include a Matrix web client preinstalled when released later this year. The IRC-based desktop chat app Linux Mint has been building,

tl;dr :

  • Hexchat IRC client app development stopped
  • Linux Mint team was building IRC client to replace Hexchat
  • The team tried Matrix and liked it
  • Linux Mint’s communication channels are moving from IRC to Matrix
  • The desktop app will be named Matrix to avoid confusion
  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
    1·
    3 months ago

    “Forks of the project are welcomed. Nobody can stop the code from living on.”

    That’s a tear jerking quote right there. o7

  • can@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I was trying to think of what the impactful differences between IRC and Matrix are (it’s been a while).

    “While being as open as IRC, Matrix provides a user experience which is similar to Slack or Discord to some extent. It’s modern, it’s persistent, and […] it’s actually less confusing to newcomers than an extremely simple application like Jargonaut.”

    Persistancy! It’s funny how that completely slipped my mind. The expectation from a chat room app has changed a lot since I last regularly used IRC and I guess I forgot what it used to be like.

  • Ardor von Heersburg@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    I‘m not sure if I like this. I use Matrix for a couple of years now and to be honest the more I use it the more I hate it.

    Everything just feels slow, clunky and some basic things are quite complicated to archive and some functionality just does not work.
    All that was okay for me in the beginning but it never got better.

    IRC and XMPP also had their problems but I often wish them back nowadays.

    • baru@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Everything just feels slow, clunky and some basic things are quite complecated to archive

      It’s been that way for much longer than a few years unfortunately. I don’t understand how people can tolerate it. Some projects switched to it because it seemed more beginner friendly than IRC, but to me it’s not focussed on making things easy.

      • coolmojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        My problem with matrix is that you need email address to use it. Compared to the irc, where you could just use whatever name and ask questions straight away. Most distros I used came with an irc client preinstalled and preconfigured to connect to the support channel when launched. In my opinion that is more beginner friendly.