I added livekit and lk-jwt-service to my #matrix homeserver so I can initiate calls and conferences.
Element X audio/video calling pretty much feels like Face Time. Better than Signal calls.
I added livekit and lk-jwt-service to my #matrix homeserver so I can initiate calls and conferences.
Element X audio/video calling pretty much feels like Face Time. Better than Signal calls.
Advocating for #Matrix because of my desire for open systems is like trying to convince everyone how much I enjoy punching myself in the balls, with repeated demonstrations.
On iOS, Element Classic takes ages to load messages (no sliding sync), Element X is faster and now has space support, but notifications are *terrible* and people are now *phoning me* to tell me I have a message.
I’m sticking with it, because openness & bridging, but jeez, it’s hard to love. App suggestions v welcome.
Mulla hajosi Matrixissa Signal siltayhteys. En voinut itse korjata. Ilm. Rollen heiniä tämä tämmöinen, kun en saanut omin neuvoin ratkottua.
Anyway. Siinä tulikin tilaisuus kokeilla asentaa terminaaliin Signal.
Suurin haaste tässä oli QR-koodi. Konsole ei osannut tulostaa QR-koodista kuvaa. WezTermissä se onnistui ja sain linkitettyä Signal appiin.
Käyttöliittymä on kyl melko retro ja hauska. Tulee vähän MSN Messenger vibat tosta, ilman sitä graafista käyttöliittymää. 😂
Mulla hajosi Matrixissa Signal siltayhteys. En voinut itse korjata. Ilm. Rollen heiniä tämä tämmöinen, kun en saanut omin neuvoin ratkottua.
Anyway. Siinä tulikin tilaisuus kokeilla asentaa terminaaliin Signal.
Suurin haaste tässä oli QR-koodi. Konsole ei osannut tulostaa QR-koodista kuvaa. WezTermissä se onnistui ja sain linkitettyä Signal appiin.
Käyttöliittymä on kyl melko retro ja hauska. Tulee vähän MSN Messenger vibat tosta, ilman sitä graafista käyttöliittymää. 😂
[matrix] Tokyo 🇯🇵 pop-up meeting
Sat 17 Jan 2026 @19:00 JST
In Tokyo Ginza East
Follow the Room: #matrix-popup-tokyo:pwl.social for details.
Hi there, Global Digital People in 🇯🇵
It is an experiment and we will make it happen!
The "Matrix Stammtisch", now available with its pop-up version.
We're looking forward to seeing you soon. No registration needed. Just pop by.
[matrix] Tokyo 🇯🇵 pop-up meeting
Sat 17 Jan 2026 @19:00 JST
In Tokyo Ginza East
Follow the Room: #matrix-popup-tokyo:pwl.social for details.
Hi there, Global Digital People in 🇯🇵
It is an experiment and we will make it happen!
The "Matrix Stammtisch", now available with its pop-up version.
We're looking forward to seeing you soon. No registration needed. Just pop by.
Nach ganzen 8 erfolgreichen Jahren die Nextcloud mit einzelnen Dockercontainern zu betreiben, erfolgt nun ein Upgrade mit einer neuen größeren Festplatte und einem #Nextcloud All-in-One Setup + #Traefik + #CrowdSec Container.
Parallel dazu wurde der #Matrix Server neu aufgesetzt und ebenfalls an Traefik angeschlossen.
Einziges Manko ist, dass ich weiterhin nicht die Matrix-Federation zum laufen bekomme obwohl der Federation-Tester alles grün anzeigt. :-/
This is an excellent post by @funbreaker about why Matrix is unsuitable as a communications tool.
@Edent @funbreaker looks like quite FUD.
There were abuse attacks in big public rooms sometime last year, but the anti-abuse tools have become much better and I haven't seen anything but few random spam DM's for months.
Perhaps the rooms in question are not moderated well and/or not protected by anti-abuse bot. Spam & abuse exist, but they are no longer a big problem like year ago.
For example Meowlnir is a great tool:
https://github.com/maunium/meowlnir
They're gonna tell you the #forkiverse is a community but if you really want that, start a #matrix server.
Every fedi server is less a place than a portal to a shared space nobody controls and whose culture is only what most of the people hanging out there decide. Your choice of portal is mostly about the protection spell you want cast upon you as you walk through. The moderation rules and enforcement processes that somewhat filter what you're able to see. But no algos will assault you here.
Just wanted to install an #XMPP client to create an account to test something. I moved away to #Matrix years ago because I had no hope anymore for #XMPP, but now that I wanted to create an account, I am just shocked at how dead it is: #Fedora still has Gajim 1.7.3, when the last release is 2.4.1. #pkgsrc is a bit but noch much better with 2.1.1. #Tkabber is even worse: pkgsrc has 0.11.1, when 1.1.2 is the latest release that was released in 2015(!). It seems distributions keep XMPP clients around, but don't update them because nobody is using them anymore. I had not expected for XMPP to be that dead. That's shocking.
I also think if distributions cannot be bothered to update a package in over 10 years, they should just remove it…
I installed #FluffyChat for #Matrix and I love it!
I installed #FluffyChat for #Matrix and I love it!
Big picture of #Fediverse by @Techcrunch
@digikata @khaleer @puppygames @djlink not just onboarding. The overall UX of #Matrix is a complete shitshow. If the general public think Mastodon is complicated, they're never going to use Matrix.
