Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:26:25 -0600
From: Patrick Williams <patrick@stwcx.xyz>
To: OpenBMC Maillist <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Slack-like / IRC-alternative for #openbmc
Message-ID: <20170117032625.GA2370@heinlein.lan>
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I recently came across an open-source (and free) Slack / IRC alternative
called 'riot.im' (https://riot.im).  The underlying protocol
(matrix.org) implements bridging between the native matrix protocol and
IRC, so we get free mirroring between the two.

I set up a channel in matrix (openbmc, obviously) and set up the bridge to
the Freenode IRC channel.  If you see users with a '[m]' suffix, this is
their matrix/riot account.

Advantages of riot.im:

    * You can see the log of the chat room to read back on what happened
      while you were disconnected.

    * Much better web-client than the Freenode one; it looks very similar
      to Slack.  The client is also "easier" than an IRC client for
      the more casual users.  (Not everyone likes a command-line IRC
      client with a IRC bouncer like ZNC, I hear.)

    * Mobile clients for Android and iOS, with notifications.

    * Allows pictures and documents.  These are also sent to IRC as a link.

Feel free to try it out in addition to or instead of IRC.

--=20
Patrick Williams

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