Scott

Do you mean Patrick Stewart or from the description of the character?

Element is UK and EU-based, not US-based.

Poor Annie.

I run a complete, self-hosted Matrix stack including bridges to WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram and Signal as well as Element Call (Livekit) and MAS (the new authentication system).

I don’t think there’s any shortcuts. You just need to install them and work through any issues, one-by-one. Start with just the homeserver (Synapse, don’t bother with anything else yet) and add one component at a time and get it working before moving to the next.

I will say that having a decent knowledge of reverse proxies, networking, DNS and certificates will help you greatly. Having a solid understanding of Docker (if you’re using Docker) would be of great benefit too.

It should be much easier today than it was five/six-odd years ago when I started; things are more polished now than they were then.

Haha. Oops. I should have checked first. Well done.

… or just publish the source on Github and let someone else continue the legacy.

They’re just hosting existing FOSS alternatives.

https://thistothat.com/

No.

Flowers - Miley Cirus.

Looks like C++.

Stakkato the horse or the cyber criminal?

I’m running GrapheneOS and have no idea what things look like on the fruity phones.

I do this. I self-host rather than use Beeper but the effect is the same. Single client (Element) to my own Matrix server (Synapse) with bridges to WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Slack.

*tongue

Here’s hoping! 🤞

100%. I want this more than nearly anything.

Back in the 90s I hoped that being online would raise everyone’s game and we’d all become more technical, in general, and adapt. Sometimes, now, it feels the opposite.

Having them all switch on a single day is a big ask and, quite frankly, naïve.

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You’re right. I was thinking more along the distribution side only.