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Coming up in this episode
1. We make a choice, the red one or the blue one?
2. We recommend a great weekly podcast.
3. We get to the basics for our app.
[matrix]
matrix.org (https://matrix.org/)
matrix from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol))
Some of the more popular servers.
synapse (https://matrix.org/docs/guides/installing-synapse)
dendrite - rewrite in GO (https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite)
conduit - rewrite in Rust (https://conduit.rs/)
Some of the more popular clients.
element (https://element.io) - formerly riot
fluffychat (https://fluffychat.im/en/)
fractal (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Fractal)
nheko (https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko)
neochat (https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat)
Some of the features.
Voip (https://matrix.org/faq/#voip)
Video too (https://matrix.org/blog/2020/04/06/running-your-own-secure-communication-service-with-matrix-and-jitsi)
bridging (https://matrix.org/faq/#bridging)
A little history.
2015 best in show at the webRTC show (https://www.webrtcworld.com/topics/from-the-experts/articles/403607-webrtc-world-miami-wrap-up-review.htm)
2017 a call to arms (https://matrix.org/blog/2017/07/07/a-call-to-arms-supporting-matrix)
2017 Status Update (https://matrix.org/blog/2017/07/19/status-update)
UpCloud corporate sponsor (https://upcloud.com/matrix/)
Librem Partnership (https://matrix.org/blog/2017/08/24/the-librem-5-from-purism-a-matrix-native-smartphone)
KDE announcement (https://dot.kde.org/2019/02/20/kde-adding-matrix-its-im-framework)
Server Breach (https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/we-have-discovered-and-addressed-a-security-breach-updated-2019-04-12)
Matrix out of beta (https://matrix.org/blog/2019/06/11/introducing-matrix-1-0-and-the-matrix-org-foundation)
Mozilla announcement (https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/synchronous-messaging-at-mozilla-the-decision/50620)
End to end encryption is default for private conversations (https://matrix.org/blog/2020/05/06/cross-signing-and-end-to-end-encryption-by-default-is-here)
Element acquires Gitter (https://matrix.org/blog/2020/09/30/welcoming-gitter-to-matrix)
Gitter (https://gitter.im/)
Housekeeping
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This week in Matrix (https://matrix.org/blog/category/this-week-in-matrix)
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App Focus
Element
This episode's app: element (https://element.io)
Next Time
We discuss the distro of the month?, Nitrux (https://nxos.org)
Join us in two weeks when we return to the Linux User Space