Coming up in this episode 1. We make a choice, the red one or the blue one? 2. We recommend a great weekly podcast. 3. We get to the basics for our app. [matrix] matrix.org (https://matrix.org/) matrix from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)) Some of the more popular servers. synapse (https://matrix.org/docs/guides/installing-synapse) dendrite - rewrite in GO (https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite) conduit - rewrite in Rust (https://conduit.rs/) Some of the more popular clients. element (https://element.io) - formerly riot fluffychat (https://fluffychat.im/en/) fractal (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Fractal) nheko (https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko) neochat (https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat) Some of the features. Voip (https://matrix.org/faq/#voip) Video too (https://matrix.org/blog/2020/04/06/running-your-own-secure-communication-service-with-matrix-and-jitsi) bridging (https://matrix.org/faq/#bridging) A little history. 2015 best in show at the webRTC show (https://www.webrtcworld.com/topics/from-the-experts/articles/403607-webrtc-world-miami-wrap-up-review.htm) 2017 a call to arms (https://matrix.org/blog/2017/07/07/a-call-to-arms-supporting-matrix) 2017 Status Update (https://matrix.org/blog/2017/07/19/status-update) UpCloud corporate sponsor (https://upcloud.com/matrix/) Librem Partnership (https://matrix.org/blog/2017/08/24/the-librem-5-from-purism-a-matrix-native-smartphone) KDE announcement (https://dot.kde.org/2019/02/20/kde-adding-matrix-its-im-framework) Server Breach (https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/we-have-discovered-and-addressed-a-security-breach-updated-2019-04-12) Matrix out of beta (https://matrix.org/blog/2019/06/11/introducing-matrix-1-0-and-the-matrix-org-foundation) Mozilla announcement (https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/synchronous-messaging-at-mozilla-the-decision/50620) End to end encryption is default for private conversations (https://matrix.org/blog/2020/05/06/cross-signing-and-end-to-end-encryption-by-default-is-here) Element acquires Gitter (https://matrix.org/blog/2020/09/30/welcoming-gitter-to-matrix) Gitter (https://gitter.im/) Housekeeping Email us (mailto:contact@linuxuserspace.show) This week in Matrix (https://matrix.org/blog/category/this-week-in-matrix) New Discord Server (https://discord.gg/qXKxHcV) New Matrix Room (https://matrix.to/#/#linuxuserspace:matrix.org?via=matrix.org) Support us at Patreon (https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace) Join us on Telegram (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram) Follow us on twitter (https://twitter.com/LinuxUserSpace) Check out Linux User Space (https://linuxuserspace.show) on the web App Focus Element This episode's app: element (https://element.io) Next Time We discuss the distro of the month?, Nitrux (https://nxos.org) Join us in two weeks when we return to the Linux User Space