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
  • pastermil
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    7 months ago

    Would you rather they announce “when it’s ready” instead?

    • hakase@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      It wasn’t a criticism - I was just curious if anyone had any more info.

      • pastermil
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        7 months ago

        Nobody got solid info (probably not the devs themselves), but some facts:

        • they’re based on Ubuntu LTS
        • they put heavy modifications on top of it
        • from their track record, the major releases have been on June & July