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    <p>Telegram is an open-source option as well ... but I have no
      issues with IRC, I can see there might be an issue with freenode
      though ... I think most folks will prefer a more modern chat area,
      ofc</p>
    <p>Element is the client I use for Matrix on GNU/Linux works fine
      ... bit wonky/crusty user / GUI experience, same with phone
      clients.</p>
    <p>Telegram is more polished and simpler, tons of bot projects that
      could be easily tailored to our "needs" etc.</p>
    <p>JMH<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/27/21 10:07 AM, Wesley Robbins
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      <div dir="auto">Neochat is nice.  It works with the Garuda Linux
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 8:43
            AM Akkana Peck <<a href="mailto:akkana@shallowsky.com"
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Mark
            Galassi writes:<br>
            > If I might make a suggestion, IRC's model is annoying
            to many, including a super old timer such as myself.<br>
            > <br>
            > How about creating a Matrix room?<br>
            <br>
            I'm curious: what's annoying about IRC that Matrix fixes?<br>
            <br>
            > Of course it's all based on free s/w, with no
            proprietary javascript bits if you run it in your browser. 
            There are also desktop and mobile apps that are free as
            well.<br>
            <br>
            What open source Matrix client(s) do you recommend?<br>
            aptitude search matrix on Ubuntu finds a lot of libraries<br>
            but I'm not seeing anything that looks like a client, and
            none<br>
            of the clients listed on <a
              href="https://matrix.org/clients/" rel="noreferrer"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://matrix.org/clients/</a>
            seem to<br>
            be available in the ubuntu repos. I'm game to try it if you<br>
            can recommend a client.<br>
            <br>
            I gather that bridging between Matrix and IRC is supposed to
            be<br>
            easy, though? So maybe we could have an IRC bridge, which
            would<br>
            then give everyone a big choice of IRC clients.<br>
            <br>
                    ...Akkana<br>
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