Re: [coreboot] Matrix instead (or additionally to) IRC

[Duncan Guthrie]

You can register your Matrix nickname on Freenode. There is apparently
such an option. So, it still should work.

On 29/10/2018 00:35, Iru Cai wrote:
> Previously it works, but now #coreboot needs registered nicks.
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 3:43 AM Patrick Georgi via coreboot <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
> > Not sure if that is still working but
> > https://matrix.org/blog/2015/06/22/the-matrix-org-irc-bridge-now-bridges-all...
> > should help connect to IRC via matrix.
> >
> > Choose your own protocol ;-)
> >
> > Am So., 28. Okt. 2018, 15:11 hat Philipp Stanner <[e-mail]>
> > geschrieben:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > have you guys already heard of Matrix?
> > > https://matrix.org/blog/home/
> > >
> > > It's some sort of modern IRC, using JSON to format messages. It's more
> > > modern than IRC. Features are:
> > >  * Source code formatting and highlighting in messages
> > >  * multiple devices
> > >  * history + history synchronization between multiple devices
> > >  * possible E2C encryption
> > >
> > > and many more.
> > > In theory it will be a decentralized protocol, but there aren't that
> > > many servers yet and actually only one working server-software
> > >
> > > Many projects, especially tech-based ones like the Rust programming
> > > language already use the service.
> > >
> > > Personally I think it's an enormous progress to IRC. I would give it a
> > > chance if I were you :)
> > >
> > > P.