Dayton Linux Users Group July Meeting: Decentralized Chat with Matrix
About this event
https://linux.dma1.org/
Presentations/Topics:
Have you used Matrix, the open standard for decentralized, real-time communication? Neither has Grant Root, so he’ll lead a discussion where we can all learn about it together – and maybe get a server up and running!
Matrix is designed to be the foundational “glue” of the Internet’s chat layer, much like the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) defines how email works. Unlike popular services like WhatsApp, Slack, and Discord, the entire power of Matrix rests on its radical departure from the centralized model, opting instead for federation. Matrix is implemented in a number of Open Source servers (e.g. Synapse, Dendrite) and clients (e.g. Element, Nheko, FluffyChat). We’ll discuss the protocol itself, and try getting a client and server talking!
As always, we’ll also have discussion time for Linux and Open Source news, projects you’re working on, and questions for the rest of the group.
Where:
Wright State University
Russ Engineering Center, Room 302 (or 348)
(Room right across the hall from the elevators.)
We will also have an online presence via the Zoom web conferencing service.
The easiest way to join the meeting is to click “Join from browser”. You can also choose “Join from Zoom Workplace app” to open the meeting in an existing Zoom installation or to download and install the app for Windows. For those using Linux, you can download the free (not Free) Zoom client from this page. It’s available for a variety of distributions.
For those attending in person, we will most likely adjourn to Milano’s afterward for food and socializing.
The Dayton Linux Users Group, a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Dayton Microcomputer Association, meets the 3rd Thursday of the month Online.
At our monthly meetings, we may have one or more presentation topics planned, or we simply discuss news and projects of interest to our members. (We’re working on planning presentations for more of our meetings, and could use some volunteers — hint, hint!). Our attendees include anyone from experienced Linux system administrators to those who have been hearing about Linux and want to learn more.
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