About Matrix Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications.
Matrix Manifesto We believe:
People should have full control over their own communication. People should not be locked into centralised communication silos, but instead be free to pick who they choose to host their communication without limiting who they can reach. The ability to converse securely and privately is a basic human right. Communication should be available to everyone as a free and open, unencumbered, standard and global network.
I would love to switch to matrix. But discord has a lotnof features matrix doesn’t even the half baked Linux client supports. But the bigger problem would be convincing my friends to move over.
You don’t have to. I have Discord bridged to Matrix, along with Whatsapp, Signal, and IRC.
I keep reading this but… I can’t understand how?
Is there a guide for dumb people or something? Or do I need to be an expert to manage that? Everytime I try to look into it I get extremely confused in a matter of minutes…
you can use free public bridges like https://t2bot.io/discord/ where you invite it to the discord server and to a matrix room then run commands to link them, if you want DM’s you’ll need to either host it yourself or pay a provider to host it for you and it’ll have to be a puppeted bridge which is against discord ToS just FYI
Ok, thanks for taking the time to help but it is still beyond my level of comfort… 🤷♂️
it’s complex to make dozens of technologies work together under an umbrella (Matrix). Particularly when those technologies have a vetted interest in not being interoperable.
There are companies that provide an offering with Matrix, e.g https://www.beeper.com
But I want to stream my screen, or participate in watch parties. Do these features work with bridges?
It doesn’t, but you can switch between the two. I assume you don’t use the share screen feature every single time you use discord. You can use discord for when you need that feature and use matrix all the other times.
That sounds tedious when the thing you’re currently using already does all the things you need.
I understand that Matrix isn’t Discord, and I’m not saying it should be. But it would be nice if there was an actual foss, federated, 1:1 alternative.
Does PeerTube support streaming? If so, it seems like a no-brainer to add support for it to Matrix.
Https://Revolt.chat is a good alternative
not federated and no encryption currently