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
  • Ardor von Heersburg@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 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.

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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      4 months ago

      I like beeper, but it forces you to use a beeper.com account, and the mint devs couldn't make it autojoin the support room

    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      You can. It just would not be good as preinstalled thing. Operating systems should not preinstall anything tethered to one server in my opinion.

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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    4 months ago

    I feel Mint doesn't need a Matrix client, IPTV client etc. pre-installed, but luckily you can easily remove those unlike some other OS's