On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 05:38:48PM +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > On 31.05.21 16:01, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>Thanks, but I'll prefer a decentralised, end-to-end encryptable, > >>well established messaging infrastructure with a rich choice of > >>user and transfer agents. It's called e-mail. > > > >Actually, matrix.org aims to be that as well. It probably doesn't yet > >qualify for "rich choice" (e.g. there is a matrix-client.el but it > >doesn't support encryption yet), but other than that, it's pretty > >much there.
I'm still hoping that I'm old enough to fade into irrelevancy before I have to make that choice. I'm happy with mail (and in a way, I'm happy there's twitter, facebook and instagram, so I haven't to "be" there ;-) > The project currently lists many more clients > (https://matrix.org/clients/), and here > (https://matrix.org/clients-matrix/) 12 clients are marked to > provide E2E encryption. Eek ;-) > The most used client is probably Element, formerly called Riot > (https://element.io/). The link to its Linux version is not placed > nicely visble, it is below the Desktop Clients for Win and Mac > behind the comment "Also available on Linux", which points to a > repository which can be used for installation and updates. This > Element client works flawlessly. Source code? That page is a maze of twisty little marketing-heavy passages, all alike :-D > Concerning the server, You could also run your own matrix server, if > you cannot find a provider which you trust, it is all open source. > > Good Luck, and sorry for having driving off topic. Marco. Not my culture. By a long shot. Sorry to disappoint you. Cheers - t
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