Season 7 - Episode 17: Matrix or Musk
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Episode edited by Jake Bauer) — thanks!

Matrix

• Clients

• Conor's been enjoying Cinny)

• Amolith has Cinny) and Element) instances

• FluffyChat) for mobile

• Synapse) (reference server implementation" target="_blank)

• Matrix spec)

XMPP

• Server implementations

• Prosody)

• ejabberd)

• Snikket)

• A note about "Jabber" and "XMPP": Jabber is the name for the original base protocol specification from 1999. In 2002, the author contributed the Jabber spec to the IETF under the name XMPP. (source))

• Commercial products using XMPP on the backend

• Cisco Jabber)

• Google Talk) (2013)

• Nintendo Switch NPNS) (push notifications, not news feed)

• Zoom)

• Others…)

• Clients

• Converse.js): web

• Movim): web

• Gajim): Windows, Linux, GTK, no A/V calls yet, dialer for Cheogram), more mature with advanced capabilities

• Dino): Linux, GTK, A/V calls, simple UI

• Snikket: Google Play), F-Droid), App Store)

• Conversations): Android, most mature and featureful client (paid in Google Play, free from F-Droid)

• Cheogram): Android, fork of Conversations with specialised features for Cheogram users (F-Droid link))

Fediverse

• Platforms

• Mastodon)

• Misskey)

• FoundKey): Misskey but better (in Amolith's opinion)

• Pleroma)

• Akkoma): Pleroma fork with a faster dev cycle, a friendlier community, and without the controversies surrounding Pleroma

• Pixelfed) (Instagram)

• Peertube) (YouTube)

• Mobilizon) (Facebook Groups, MeetUp)

• Funkwhale) (Music)

Mentioned instances

• Fosstodon)

• mastodon.ie)

• mastodon.social) and mastodon.online) (run by Mastodon creator, Amolith says please pick just about any other instance)

• nixnet.social) (Akkoma instance run by Amolith, needs some work)

• mk.nixnet.social) (Misskey instance run by Amolith, needs some work)

• Some recommendations)

Our fedi handles:

• Shane: @[email protected])

• Conor: @[email protected])

• Mike: @[email protected])

• Amolith: @[email protected])

Contact Us

• We have a store)

• We are on Telegram)

• And on Mastodon)

• And on Matrix)

• You can email us on show@

• And despite rumours to the contrary, we do exist in real life)

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Disclaimer

May contain mature references

Attribution

The music for this podcast was sampled from Bust This Bust That - Professor Kliq) which was released under the CC BY NC SA License).