tl;dr :

  • Hexchat IRC client app development stopped
  • Linux Mint team was building IRC client to replace Hexchat
  • The team tried Matrix and liked it
  • Linux Mint’s communication channels are moving from IRC to Matrix
  • The desktop app will be named Matrix to avoid confusion
  • Blisterexe
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    8 months ago

    I like beeper, but it forces you to use a beeper.com account, and the mint devs couldn’t make it autojoin the support room