tl;dr :
- Hexchat IRC client app development stopped
- Linux Mint team was building IRC client to replace Hexchat
- The team tried Matrix and liked it
- Linux Mint’s communication channels are moving from IRC to Matrix
- The desktop app will be named Matrix to avoid confusion
I was trying to think of what the impactful differences between IRC and Matrix are (it’s been a while).
“While being as open as IRC, Matrix provides a user experience which is similar to Slack or Discord to some extent. It’s modern, it’s persistent, and […] it’s actually less confusing to newcomers than an extremely simple application like Jargonaut.”
Persistancy! It’s funny how that completely slipped my mind. The expectation from a chat room app has changed a lot since I last regularly used IRC and I guess I forgot what it used to be like.
web-based Element Matrix client
And I was hoping there was an alternative to fractal as a nativ app…
And I was hoping they fork fractal such that they can both profit from each other
Even better 😄
Cool that they are using now matrix
Do we know when Mint 22 is coming yet other than just “summer '24”?
Would you rather they announce “when it’s ready” instead?
It wasn’t a criticism - I was just curious if anyone had any more info.
Nobody got solid info (probably not the devs themselves), but some facts:
- they’re based on Ubuntu LTS
- they put heavy modifications on top of it
- from their track record, the major releases have been on June & July
Thanks!
Hmm I hope it will be at least somewhat stable. I never had good experience with Matrix for more than like an hour
Why have preinstalled apps though? Hear me out… i am very new to Linux and enjoying it quite much.
But most of the preinstalled programs that came with mint, i have not touched and never will.
Some will use the built in note editor, some the built in music player, some the built in video player, and now some will use matrix
Mint isn’t overly bloated, or even “bloated”, these apps are useful for a decent part of the demographic, and having them preinstalled lowers the friction a new user feels when installing a new OS
