Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:14:35 -0400 From: Charlie Li <ml+freebsd@vishwin.info> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Farhan Khan <farhan@farhan.codes> Subject: Re: Recognizing Matrix as an official channel Message-ID: <a15741d3-7104-242d-6fbe-9881948441c7@vishwin.info> In-Reply-To: <20200817145638.64be51a1@bigus.dream-tech.com> References: <r4i3f1onokd4lq5igh8705mt.1597640015532@email.lge.com> <0220573d-7844-4c0f-9cff-56c2a6f91500@www.fastmail.com> <b6a282b8-79e0-42d9-c662-f00d5876da53@grosbein.net> <20200817145638.64be51a1@bigus.dream-tech.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --N309rColD3vs7WAMWqAYRdlHzagEUy6Xd Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="iiFLfROoB2MMXTvMHwOCi7cV0JhyIp2oC"; protected-headers="v1" From: Charlie Li <ml+freebsd@vishwin.info> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Farhan Khan <farhan@farhan.codes> Message-ID: <a15741d3-7104-242d-6fbe-9881948441c7@vishwin.info> Subject: Re: Recognizing Matrix as an official channel References: <r4i3f1onokd4lq5igh8705mt.1597640015532@email.lge.com> <0220573d-7844-4c0f-9cff-56c2a6f91500@www.fastmail.com> <b6a282b8-79e0-42d9-c662-f00d5876da53@grosbein.net> <20200817145638.64be51a1@bigus.dream-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <20200817145638.64be51a1@bigus.dream-tech.com> --iiFLfROoB2MMXTvMHwOCi7cV0JhyIp2oC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dave Hayes wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 03:20:45 +0700 > Eugene Grosbein wrote: >> What is Matrix's level of support for FreeBSD? >> Is there native FreeBSD server? >=20 > Yes. See net-im/py-matrix-synapse, which is well supported. =20 >=20 Synapse is the official and reference implementation of a Matrix homeserver, but not the only one. >> Is there native FreeBSD client? >=20 > Matrix is really a protocol, not an application. Thus this question is = hard > to answer. You can see >=20 > https://matrix.org/ >=20 > for details, but the best current client for this protocol is Element. > Element runs in the popular browsers, has an Android and iOS client, > and can likely be made into a stand alone application assuming=20 > devel/electron* works on FreeBSD. However, all you need is www/chromium= or > www/firefox to actually run a client. So technically, FreeBSD is also w= ell > supported but a native client is through electron.=20 >=20 net-im/fractal is a GTK-based client written in Rust, hosted by the GNOME project. Works well. There are a few Qt-based clients as well but can't remember what they're called at the moment. > It's worth noting that Matrix is federated. Thus it is quite possible f= or > FreeBSD to run it's own matrix server if it decided to.=20 >=20 This is what Mozilla does, which replaced their IRC network (moznet) entirely earlier this year. --=20 Charlie Li =E2=80=A6nope, still don't have an exit line. (This email address is for mailing list use; replace local-part with vishwin for off-list communication if possible) --iiFLfROoB2MMXTvMHwOCi7cV0JhyIp2oC-- --N309rColD3vs7WAMWqAYRdlHzagEUy6Xd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE/3/Cqr5a+41PbEb+jnB43vIDq2wFAl87D1sACgkQjnB43vID q2w/zg/+K5bYmRD5vPHesv6ApLRI+qD1UGfAr9GyLg9io/zTBYM50ou04eSe0qcj b6b3DhrnPV2aHTjmdxFyDlDXA7xn1kJK9QqIBCQ2HfNqOFsm3QYjNV2Dx7qembHg BuitbObthlOcZa5tmJkt2pjk5qowxlEokzW3Ot1Zj8CyFVpjaVV8T7V4HyK2W/Y2 hUdL0EDN6nwWThGG+cTp0W/AxY91kvABMn3i9a3LxvxXd2WaOZycsbhPVZsN1fpR 6JZtVWAySqnZDjMC0WDYT7RlOky8jc6cY29CmwOowan4t3P14PiOuH1gOPe253jt rkx8lKpNZcuRIprNx6W8j/p73o9SbO+gAQ2aG3r9G6Cf7fvOniSI1lFP654io8mB SHV7KRpOH7JPYDgEMYddELqENMDRMM/lMrx0E4Tn5gtcFRgRB9+d5mNZVpFFqtb8 akzFrdghHoRc6y8mOAKzi3Vf67ZVQHxRGlSialuyGv7dnCBhZPCCPMmIzFnmvuW/ bjUJDbJNZy+jXFuXWGMtw5t7Pz0K3hceFWbY+l/XFuWYkHmymoI+XygiabfWUQu3 BSM77RvzgDqEYxla5ZH2/yUyfWc4N4vbcTyzppPctF+F31GA4RrRRGGvHCmbvB+g 31o/TRa+G/gtibyYjQuZ+SlWCkbYPjkEtmmpXbr4uKzGk0vAOOU= =A2m0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --N309rColD3vs7WAMWqAYRdlHzagEUy6Xd--
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