Ephraims Wochenrückblick: KW 14, 2025

In dieser Woche gab es Meldungen bei APT, Matrix.org und Thunderbird.

#Wochenrückblick #apt #Thunderbird #Matrix #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/ephraims-wochenrueckblick-kw-14-2025

…А вот и инсайды от разработчика мессенджера "Мах" (ВК) с ником city124 на 4PDA подоспели, когда собираются там банить #WhatsApp и #Telegram (скрины с цитат, чтоб каждое сообщение не дёргать). Также там упоминается #DeltaChat , но судя по одноимённой теме на 4PDA , речь там скорее может идти об их #Chatmail (какое-то время назад в его теме уже были жалобы, что Chatmail‘ы были недоступны или заблокированы). С нормальными е-майлами там, скорее всего, будет всё нормально, если эти самые "норм. е-майлы" не начнут бороться с зашифрованными сообщениями.

Если кто считает, что у #Matrix всё шоколадно, то смотрим это, на 10 мин. 30 секунде: https://youtu.be/gT38FfOXv1E

Что касается #Signal Messenger, то там, мягко говоря, не совсем правда: https://u.to/eQk3Ig (мануал в .txt, 9 kB, о том, как пройти там регистрацию и попасть в интересный чат с 20 участниками ) Кстати, он там не единственный русскоязычный.
#tech #messengers #ркн @ru @rf

You should know:

If you write a private post to someone else on #Mastodon, and you mention another user by their @, that user is added to the conversation and can see that post too!

For example, if you report someone harassing you to an administrator via private mention message, and you tag their account, they can see that!

Never treat private posts on Mastodon like a messenger!
Use actual chat software like #Matrix, #XMPP or #Signal for talking one-on-one, please.

I have now filed a bug report about the web version of #Element (the flagbearing #Matrix client) constantly using/waking my CPU while it is unfocused in a background tab in Firefox: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/29682

I'm hoping I'm not the only one observing this issue, and that some power saving improvements can be made, because to me this would look like a big drain on battery life for modern #laptops that *need* you to let their CPUs sleep while idle.

I tried #Fluffychat on 3 different devices and on all 3 I needed a lot of patience since any action makes the app lag with animations.

I thought it was just that the smartphone's resources weren't enough (even though no other app lags), but today I have a more modern phone and the experience is the same.

I really want to use it, but the lags are driving me crazy. Hahaha

Irmi Wutscher hat sich für #Matrix auf Ö1 bereits bestehende Alternativen zu den großen Plattformen mit dem Netzpolitik-Journalisten @markusreuter und dem Wissenschaftler @leonido angeschaut.

Mit deutlicher Kritik an #Bluesky und welche Vorteile dezentrale föderierte Netzwerke mit vielen Instanzen, wie das #Fediverse bieten. Und weshalb Hashtags wichtig sind für die langfristige Nutzung.

Ausserdem: die Forderungen von #Savesocial & die #Mastodon Instanz @uniinnsbruck

https://oe1.orf.at/player/20250404/791109/1743786974000

Ich hab jetzt nen #Matrix-Account und habe vor, ihn einzusetzen. Gibts da irgendwie Communitys, wo sich die nerdig linksgrün-versiffte Bubble trifft?

Having stopped using Fractal this week, and now having a #Matrix @element web tab open at all times in Firefox, appears to be quite problematic for laptop CPU temperatures and power consumption (on Linux, with Wayland).

My global system monitor (and about:performance in Firefox) tells me that the Element web client constantly eats 10-15% of one CPU vCore even when Element's tab is not focused, thus keeps waking the CPU, leading to high temperatures and crappy battery life

A statement on use cases & messengers:

#Signal isn't for everything, it has a limit on amount of users. Primary use case is small groups, hard limit is 1000 people. I use it for private conversations.

#Matrix is good for things like announcement channels and public servers (with the caveat of being occasionally unreliable). It leaks too much metadata to be used for private conversations. AFAIK no limit on group size.

Each has its use, recommend according to use case, not one over the other.

ElementX is *so* much faster than the current stable versions of Element and its various soft forks (I'm currently using SchildiChat).

As I've said before, I'm guessing it will take another 6-12 months for all the Matrix 2.0 upgrades to be rolled out and fully stabilized in the various app and server software. But if ElementX performance is anything to go by, the new and improved Matrix ecosystem will be well worth an open-minded test.

How does one ban all accounts from an entire home server from joining their #Matrix rooms?

I found this doc that talks about "ban lists" but it seems like we have to run some separate bot to do this? https://matrix.org/docs/communities/moderation/

@matrix ... help please ??

Some subtle advertising here from Element/Matrix
https://alecmuffett.com/article/113101
#SignalGate #element #matrix

I've always had a small list of features I've deemed important for easing switching to Matrix (e.g. third-party identifier resolution like finding contacts by phone number). Recently, more and more groups around me made the switch.
Scrap it! The single most important missing feature, Imho, is invite codes / invite links for otherwise private rooms. Not being able to send a link to everyone that should join the new room adds soooo much friction.
#Matrix

Okay, what's the best #Discord alternative for a #chat platform, I want one for my #streamer / #vtuber community, currently using Discord but want to Own It and such. For real this time.

Is #element / #matrix still the biggest one? I guess there's #IRC, I want whatever I can get the largest non-zero number of people using. And voice chat ideally, video not necessary.

Some subtle advertising here from Element/Matrix

I wonder what inspired them?

Need to manage group chats? Use our identity management and group access controls to synchronise with sources such as Microsoft Active Directory. Element gives governments a consumer-style messaging app, but with enterprise-grade control.

https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1907787881025814600

Matrix.org Will Migrate to MAS: https://matrix.org/blog/2025/04/matrix-auth-service/
#linux #update #foss #matrix #mas #migration #authentication

Lol, why are *all* my #Matrix #Element clients now once again unverified? I literally re-verified them 2 days ago.

Whatever…