[matrix]
Matrix.org is a chat protocol.
Clients
Rooms
See also: MatrixRooms.info, Matrix-Static Room List
| Room name / join link | Description |
|---|---|
| #aww:tilde.fun | cute pictures, mainly of animals |
| #gaming:tilde.fun | Video games |
| #linux:tilde.fun | chat about the FOSS Linux Kernel and software in its orbit |
| #linuxgaming:maunium.net | Video games on the GNU/Linux+systemd operating platform |
| #memes:tilde.fun | funny pictures, some might call them "memes" |
| #off-topic:feneas.org | nerds talk about stuff they think is interesting |
| #politics:the-apothecary.club | heated discussion and arguments about world politics |
Public servers
There's a segment in the This Week In Matrix section of the Matrix.org blog called Dept. of Ping which lists a few fast homeservers you might want to consider. They may not have open registration though. A few good ones with open registration follow:
| name | run by | more information |
|---|---|---|
| fairydust.space | fredl, MacLemon | TOR-friendly, claims to be privacy-minded |
| diasp.in | Indian Pirates, Hamara Linux | |
| Tchncs | Milan | one-person tech collective |
| apothecary.club | run by Kája+2 | hosted on Hetzner.de services, has a handful of mods |
You can find a list of more homeservers here: wiki.asra.gr/en:public_servers
Home servers you probably MAY NOT want to consider are listed here with three green letters: Glowers Club recommended homeservers – Glowers Club is a shitposting community annoying other people, spamming and promoting offensive content and harboring incels and edgelords without any sense of decency. This is for example documented on their enemies page.
Issues with [matrix]
security breaches
There was a security breach in April 2019. An attacker gained access to the [matrix] installation at matrix.org.
Later the Matrix.org team hired security consultants and published a blog article about the remediation of the issues found by said consultants.
privacy
Max Dor found out that there were some GDPR and privacy issues with Matrix.
Messages not decryptable
- how this works: Unable to Decrypt a Message on Matrix (blog.neko.dev, 2022-05-15)
- meta-issue for messages not decrypting after joining a room: https://github.com/vector-im/element-meta/issues/749