I welcome the growth of the *option* of matrix. The last time I tried it via a web-client, I did not find it reliable enough to depend upon. I also find the excessive quoting annoying.
I've been looking forward to Konversation being expanded to allow for use of matrix *and* IRC within the same client, but have lost touch with konvi development, so I don't know if that went anywhere. I won't leave IRC until all of my friends there (not just foss people still use IRC) move elsewhere, and honestly, I hope it does not happen. Text-only is pretty cool; I have logs which again, are text files, and as such, don't take up lots of room and are quick to search. I only wish I had logged since I first started using IRC in AD 2000! I've used Discord and all the little bells and whistles are just a distraction from the communication, which is what I use IRC for. So yes for development of Matrix; yes for better integration with IRC, NO to abandoning IRC now. My two cents, Valorie On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM Rick Timmis <[email protected]> wrote: > Time appropriate greeting Aaron > > Thank you for your email to the Kubuntu Council. The primary channel for > communication for Kubuntu is IRC, and has proved a staple for many years. > We have bridges to Telegram, and also an integration on kubuntu.org. > > However, recently Simon Quigley, Aaron Honeycutt and myself have > experimented with Matrix. Similarly to you, I personally had a Matrix > account on matrix.org for a few years, but have used it rarely. I > recently created @rick-timmis:ubuntu.com which matches nicely to my > Launchpad account, and with some help from Simon created a Kubuntu Space > and three rooms [Kubuntu Development, Kubuntu Discussion and Kubuntu > Support] these rooms are pretty quiet at present. > > A quick check on IRC as I write shows that #kubuntu has around 100 users > signed in, #kubuntu-devel around 50. You mentioned an IRC Bridge, and I > believe this would be an important component of any migration. > > My view as a Kubuntu Councillor is that Matrix does offer modern features, > beyond the text chat of IRC, and I see these as valuable features for > developing our community. I am committed to being available and active in > the Matrix Kubuntu Space and Rooms > > I look forward to the views of my fellow councillors > > Best Wishes > Rick > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 at 21:34, Aaron Rainbolt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good morning/evening, and thanks for your time. >> >> As you probably know, Ubuntu now has an official Matrix homeserver for >> projects and Ubuntu members to use. While it has had some rough edges >> that needed sorted out (federation being the main one), those rough >> edges are mostly fixed now. I and a large number of Ubuntu contributors >> are now regularly using the new homeserver, and I've switched over to it >> as my sole Matrix account, keeping my older matrix.org account around >> only for emergencies or niche uses (testing, for instance). It's been >> stable enough for everything I need. The only serious rough edge that >> still needs fixed is IRC bridging, and the Matrix Council is cooperating >> with Canonical IS and the Libera.Chat admins to get that going. >> >> The Lubuntu project has migrated our chats to Matrix with great success, >> and have only been using IRC sporadically since then. Since more and >> more of the Ubuntu world is migrating to Matrix, it might be in >> Kubuntu's best interest to migrate to Matrix also, so that we have one >> unified communication platform for everything. This will not exclude the >> use of IRC, and once bridging is enabled the Matrix and IRC platforms >> should interoperate as well or better as when the EMS >> Matrix-to-Libera.Chat bridge was active. >> >> I am an Ubuntu Matrix Operator, and work closely with the Matrix Council >> to help work out solutions to any issues that are encountered with the >> new Matrix homeserver and the communities that migrate there. If you >> have any questions, you can feel free to contact either me or the >> members of the Matrix Council (who are listed at >> https://launchpad.net/~matrix-council/+members#active). >> >> Thanks for your consideration, and have a good day! >> >> -- >> Aaron Rainbolt >> Lubuntu Developer and Ubuntu Matrix Operator >> Matrix: @arraybolt3:matrix.org >> IRC: arraybolt3 on irc.libera.chat >> GitHub: https://github.com/ArrayBolt3 >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > -- > Best Wishes > > Rick > > *For additional info, social, blog and contact details drop by my website.* > > *ricktimmis.com* <http://www.ricktimmis.com> > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- she/her. "Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." - Marcus Aurelius
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