Notices by Hubert Chathi (hubert@social.uhoreg.ca), page 11

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Welcome to our SIX #GSOC students for 2020! matrix.org/blog/2020/05/11/ann…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Very much looking forward to this Wednesday, when we'll host the second Open Tech Will Save Us event! @Gargron - creator of Mastodon! - will join us for a Q&A about scaling Mastodon.social, while @mhoye from Mozilla will present about "Verbs in the fediverse". Plus, more to be announced! matrix.org/open-tech-meetup/

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: RT @RiotChat@twitter.com

Riot Web/Desktop 1.6 + RiotX Android 0.19 + Riot iOS 0.11 IS HERE!!! E2E Encryption by default, Cross-signing & QR-codes for Device Verification, All New E2EE UI/UX + SO MUCH MORE making this our biggest release EVER! E2E will never be the same again 🎉🚀🍾blog.riot.im/e2e-encryption-by…

🐦🔗: twitter.com/RiotChat/status/12…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: RT @RiotChat@twitter.com

RIGHT! We have FINAL(?!) release candidates for cross-signing & E2EE-by-default on Riot Web (riot.im/staging) Desktop (packages.riot.im/nightly) iOS (testflight.apple.com/join/lCeT…) & Android (buildkite.com/organizations/ma…) Please test over the weekend and then we should be good to go!

🐦🔗: twitter.com/RiotChat/status/12…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Huge updates this week in This Week in Matrix! Dendrite supports v5 rooms! Rust homeserver progress! SEVEN clients with news, including e2ee support in gomuks and a big Pattle update! #twim #matrix #decentralized matrix.org/blog/2020/05/01/thi…

♲ @haywo@mastodon.matrix.org: Last night I released the first version of buildbot-matrix, a plugin for builtbot which adds the ability to send build notifications to a @matrix room.
github.com/HayWo/buildbot-matr…

♲ @mattj@mastodon.technology: It's great to see people turning to decentralized and self-hosted communication tools at a time when they are more important than ever!

#Prosody installations have doubled since mid-March. We suspect a lot of these are #Jitsi setups, partly fuelled by increasing discomfort with a lack of privacy in centralized commercial services.

Data is from the Debian popcon service, so only represents a small part of the picture (Debian systems that have opted into reporting their package installation and usage data).

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: RT @RiotChat@twitter.com

Hi all - we've released a fourth release candidate for Riot 1.6 at riot.im/staging, incorporating lots of feedback and bug reports from last week's RCs. The more you help test cross-signing & E2EE search (via packages.riot.im/nightly) the sooner we'll be able to ship! :D

🐦🔗: twitter.com/RiotChat/status/12…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: If you're preparing to run an online event, consider using open source tools to run it! Read our guide to running online events now #opensource #decentralization #onlineevents matrix.org/docs/guides/running…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: This Week in Matrix is now available! All the news on homeservers, cross-signing (OMG SO CLOSE), new terminal client, Doctor Who shenanigans, learn about how state resolution works and MORE! #matrix #twim #stateresolution matrix.org/blog/2020/04/17/thi…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: RT @RiotChat@twitter.com

ATTENTION TESTERS! We're in the final phase of E2EE-by-default in Riot 1.6 & just cut our 2nd release candidate! Please help test cross-signing @ riot.im/staging + RiotX buildkite.com/organizations/ma… and test E2EE search in Desktop Nightly packages.riot.im/nightly/insta…. Thanks!⏲💣🎉

🐦🔗: twitter.com/RiotChat/status/12…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Lots of new homeserver development happening atm - between Dendrite having implemented V2 state res, Conduit rising from Ruma's ashes, and Maelstrom forming too! So no better time to publish a new guide for understanding V2 state res from @neilalexander@twitter.com: matrix.org/docs/guides/impleme…

♲ @kde@mastodon.technology: @gnome and KDE deepen their commitment to work together and unveil KNOME, a new desktop that brings users the best of both worlds:

knome.org

♲ @micahflee@mastodon.social: Zoom meetings aren’t actually end-to-end encrypted, despite misleading marketing on their website, in their security white paper, and in the user interface in their app theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zo… by @yaelwrites and myself

♲ @fsfe@mastodon.social: Many proprietary software companies are currently using the extended homeoffice situation of many employees to offer lock-in solutions gratis or even labelling them as "free". But take care to build on Free Software. Else your solution today might turn into a burden tomorrow:

fsfe.org/news/2020/news-202003…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Get the latest news from This Week in Matrix! Lots of new demos in Matrix Live, and a newly annouced client which already supports end-to-end encryption (also news about servers, bots, bridges, clients and more!) matrix.org/blog/2020/03/27/thi… #twim #decentralization #matrix

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: RT @wilkieii@twitter.com

Successfully using entirely self-hosted+federated Riot/Matrix/Jitsi/Etherpad/PeerTube to host lectures, teleconference with students, answer questions in chat, and collaboratively edit their code. Write-up is incoming. Once I take a nap.

🐦🔗: twitter.com/wilkieii/status/12…