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[Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

I welcome the growth of the *option* of matrix. The last time I tried it
via a web-client, I did not find it reliable enough to depend upon. I also
find the excessive quoting annoying.

I've been looking forward to Konversation being expanded to allow for use
of matrix *and* IRC within the same client, but have lost touch with konvi
development, so I don't know if that went anywhere.

I won't leave IRC until all of my friends there (not just foss people still
use IRC) move elsewhere, and honestly, I hope it does not happen. Text-only
is pretty cool; I have logs which again, are text files, and as such, don't
take up lots of room and are quick to search. I only wish I had logged
since I first started using IRC in AD 2000!

I've used Discord and all the little bells and whistles are just a
distraction from the communication, which is what I use IRC for.

So yes for development of Matrix; yes for better integration with IRC, NO
to abandoning IRC now.

My two cents,

Valorie

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM Rick Timmis <ricktimmis68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Time appropriate greeting Aaron
>
> Thank you for your email to the Kubuntu Council. The primary channel for
> communication for Kubuntu is IRC, and has proved a staple for many years.
> We have bridges to Telegram, and also an integration on kubuntu.org.
>
> However, recently Simon Quigley, Aaron Honeycutt and myself have
> experimented with Matrix. Similarly to you, I personally had a Matrix
> account on matrix.org for a few years, but have used it rarely. I
> recently created @rick-timmis:ubuntu.com which matches nicely to my
> Launchpad account, and with some help from Simon created a Kubuntu Space
> and three rooms [Kubuntu Development, Kubuntu Discussion and Kubuntu
> Support] these rooms are pretty quiet at present.
>
> A quick check on IRC as I write shows that #kubuntu has around 100 users
> signed in, #kubuntu-devel around 50. You mentioned an IRC Bridge, and I
> believe this would be an important component of any migration.
>
> My view as a Kubuntu Councillor is that Matrix does offer modern features,
> beyond the text chat of IRC, and I see these as valuable features for
> developing our community. I am committed to being available and active in
> the Matrix Kubuntu Space and Rooms
>
> I look forward to the views of my fellow councillors
>
> Best Wishes
> Rick
>
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 at 21:34, Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Good morning/evening, and thanks for your time.
>>
>> As you probably know, Ubuntu now has an official Matrix homeserver for
>> projects and Ubuntu members to use. While it has had some rough edges
>> that needed sorted out (federation being the main one), those rough
>> edges are mostly fixed now. I and a large number of Ubuntu contributors
>> are now regularly using the new homeserver, and I've switched over to it
>> as my sole Matrix account, keeping my older matrix.org account around
>> only for emergencies or niche uses (testing, for instance). It's been
>> stable enough for everything I need. The only serious rough edge that
>> still needs fixed is IRC bridging, and the Matrix Council is cooperating
>> with Canonical IS and the Libera.Chat admins to get that going.
>>
>> The Lubuntu project has migrated our chats to Matrix with great success,
>> and have only been using IRC sporadically since then. Since more and
>> more of the Ubuntu world is migrating to Matrix, it might be in
>> Kubuntu's best interest to migrate to Matrix also, so that we have one
>> unified communication platform for everything. This will not exclude the
>> use of IRC, and once bridging is enabled the Matrix and IRC platforms
>> should interoperate as well or better as when the EMS
>> Matrix-to-Libera.Chat bridge was active.
>>
>> I am an Ubuntu Matrix Operator, and work closely with the Matrix Council
>> to help work out solutions to any issues that are encountered with the
>> new Matrix homeserver and the communities that migrate there. If you
>> have any questions, you can feel free to contact either me or the
>> members of the Matrix Council (who are listed at
>> https://launchpad.net/~matrix-council/+members#active).
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration, and have a good day!
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Rainbolt
>> Lubuntu Developer and Ubuntu Matrix Operator
>> Matrix: @arraybolt3:matrix.org
>> IRC: arraybolt3 on irc.libera.chat
>> GitHub: https://github.com/ArrayBolt3
>>
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>
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>
> Rick
>
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