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Matrix 1.9 just came out! (matrix.org)

submitted 10 months ago by mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

I am unfamiliar with Matrix and just read their website, but I’m still kind of confused as to the importance of a new release sub-version to this general technology community. This may be a stupid question, but does matrix provide infrastructure for the fediverse or something?

Edit: thanks for all the informative replies. I understand perfectly now, but I’m still confused as to why this was posted here. I’ve never seen software release notes posted before, so i don’t get why this is important enough to be here with such a high upvote percentage. Anyone have any insights on that to help my stupid brain make sense of this?

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Among other features it can be a good discord alternative

[–] limitedduck@awful.systems 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Notably missing from the comparison list is any mention of video or screen sharing, or anything to do specifically with games. These are Discord's unique strengths at the moment and they have been for a long time. With that in mind, Matrix is a "good alternative" to Discord in the sense that most other desktop VoIP or chat apps are since Discord users aren't using it for the privacy and openness aspects and want the Discord specific features and ease of use.

Don't get me wrong, I wish I could fully replace Discord with the Matrix instance I currently self-host, but there are things Discord just does better than every other app including having a bunch of features that range from meh to pretty good all in one package.

[–] Ebsku@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Matrix has screensharing

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Matrix aims to be a protocol for mostly real-time things like chat and voice/video calls.

It has a data structure called rooms (think: chat rooms) that are spread out across multiple servers and the servers synchronize the content between each other. While ActivityPub (what most of Fediverse uses) is much simpler and just list posts adding API for interactions. Matrix aim to be a fabric to build decentralized alternatives of Discord, Zoom, WhatsApp, Google Classroom, Jamboard, Google Docs, etc.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's more like a self-hosted and encrypted Google Chat alternative.

[–] stown@sedd.it 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish it was as reliable as Google chat....

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I have to agree. There are much better, more private, and more reliable solutions.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[–] gencha@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

I'm waiting on those reactions :D