<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Interesting email from Martin Kraft, well known Deb developer from Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about unifying <a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> chat for attendee's (500-800 people :-)</div><div><br></div>Thanks Paul<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">martin f krafft via Chat</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chat@lists.lca2017.linux.org.au">chat@lists.lca2017.linux.org.au</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 5:21 AM<br>Subject: [Chat] IRC, Slack, Matrix — unified chat at LCA2017<br>To: lca2017 chat list <<a href="mailto:chat@lists.lca2017.linux.org.au">chat@lists.lca2017.linux.org.au</a>><br><br><br>Hello there,<br>
<br>
tl;dr: use IRC, use Slack, or use Matrix, as per<br>
<a href="https://linux.conf.au/wiki/conference/chat/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linux.conf.au/wiki/<wbr>conference/chat/</a>. LCA2017 is the first<br>
LCA to bridge between these three platforms in an attempt to make<br>
sure everyone can chat with everyone.<br>
<br>
<br>
The longer read:<br>
<br>
While IRC has been the traditional chat platform at LCA, people have<br>
recently started using Slack, and while choice is yours, a couple of<br>
us didn't like that there has been a segregation of our community<br>
into cliques.<br>
<br>
So we've spent the last few weeks figuring out how to unify the<br>
crowds. We think the solution is called <a href="http://matrix.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">matrix.org</a><br>
(<a href="http://matrix.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://matrix.org</a>). It's the new kid on the block in form of an<br>
open-standard, open-source, federated chat protocol/platform with<br>
all the features you'd expect,¹ and a couple of bridges available to<br>
connect between the different networks.<br>
<br>
Please see <a href="https://linux.conf.au/wiki/conference/chat/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linux.conf.au/wiki/<wbr>conference/chat/</a> for more<br>
information.<br>
<br>
LCA provides a fantastic environment to put this relatively young<br>
project to good use. We deem it ready, and we hope you'll soon be as<br>
excited as we are. Note that we have upstream support, so if<br>
problems pop up, we're not only confident to be able to resolve them<br>
quickly; We'll also contribute to the advancement of this highly<br>
promising platform just by using it!<br>
<br>
If you're interested in this sort of thing on the meta-level, pop<br>
into #lca-matrix:<a href="http://matrix.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">matrix.org</a> (bridged to #lca-matrix/freenode), and<br>
do keep an eye out for the unified communications BoF:<br>
<a href="https://linux.conf.au/wiki/conference/birds_of_a_feather_sessions/libre-unified-communications/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linux.conf.au/wiki/<wbr>conference/birds_of_a_feather_<wbr>sessions/libre-unified-<wbr>communications/</a><br>
<br>
Scott (faulteh), Ben (sturm), Martin (madduck), and probably others<br>
(if your name belongs here, I'll buy you a beer…)<br>
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¹) presence, files, voice/video, multi-device, e2e-encryption (which<br>
we don't use), etc.…<br>
<br>
PS: There's even an ircd so you could use your IRC client to connect<br>
to Matrix, join #linux.conf.au:m<a href="http://atrix.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">atrix.org</a>, which is bridged to<br>
IRC, and …<br>
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