On October 8, 2021 1:34:11 PM CDT, Steven D'Aprano <steve(a)pearwood.info> wrote:
If people want to experiment with chat, you could check
out Libra.Chat:
https://libera.chat/
I think there's already #trinity-desktop on Libera Chat.
I also want to mention that I suggested Matrix in the first place because it supports full
end to end encryption. I agree with Nik and others that encryption is vital these days so
I find what supports it. I use the halogen.city homeserver over matrix.org's as an
added guard because the main group behind Matrix is shady as others have said before, but
the protocol itself is FOSS. Overall, Matrix is like a newer clone of Jabber (I prefer the
old name "Jabber" over XMPP) and is growing in popularity via Element as a
client.
It doesn't bring anything new to the table that Jabber already has so maybe its
better, but I find Matrix more user-friendly.
I also like that Kopete can be used with Jabber but the OTR encryption plugin isn't
readily available for all distros or FreeBSD. Perhaps we can have an encrypted Jabber room
for TDE that is easily accessible in Kopete.