Notices by Hubert Chathi (hubert@social.uhoreg.ca), page 13

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: This Week In Matrix is here! Featuring #gsoc news, Matrix Live with KB1RD on matrix-notepad, Synapse 1.11 and upcoming major perf fixes, free Radicals, Dad Bots and SO MUCH MORE! matrix.org/blog/2020/02/21/thi…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: It's official - @mozilla@twitter.com is fully live on Matrix! exple.tive.org/blarg/2020/02/2… Helping get Mozilla going has been a lot of fun, and we'll see a lot of improvements to Riot's UX in the coming months based on their feedback (turns out they know quite a lot about FOSS usability :D)

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Yay! We've been accepted into Google Summer of Code as an organisation again this year - calling all students: if you have a free summer and want to help build Matrix get thinking of proposals! summerofcode.withgoogle.com/or… #gsoc #gsoc2020

♲ @vanitasvitae@fosstodon.org: Happy #freesoftware day 2020!

Even though they technically don't make software, I'd like to thank the XMPP Standards Foundation ( @xmpp ) and their members for their work on open standards and decentralized communication.

I'd also like to thank @matrix which shares the same goals.

A special thanks goes to halfshot for building the matrix-bifrost bridge which connects both protocols.

Let's liberate communication together!

#ilfs #fsfe

♲ @vanitasvitae@fosstodon.org: I just managed to join a private @matrix room Form #Conversations using the #bifrost bridge!

I think what hindered me before was that my matrix account which was already joined in that room before was using the same nick as my @xmpp account tried to use when joining. Renaming the xmpp nick did the trick ;)

♲ @fdroidorg@mastodon.technology: OpenPush - A Free, Decentralized Push Messaging Framework for Android

f-droid.org/en/2020/02/03/open…

(The embedded video doesn't play because of a strict CSP policy, if you want to watch it, you'll need to click through to the #FOSDEM talk page)

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: #FOSDEM happened! We just published a quick wrap-up of the conference and videos of all the talks :D Thanks once again to everyone who came to our talks and spoke to us :) matrix.org/blog/2020/02/03/mat…

♲ @vanitasvitae@fosstodon.org: Its interesting that the new "master key cross signing" feature of @matrix is exactly what the @xmpp summit came up with just two days before :D

Guess we both are on the right track.

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Frantic final preparations for #FOSDEM demos are under way... if you want to see the grand reveal for cross-signing, QR verification and enabling E2EE by default, head to K-building auditorium at 4pm on Sunday!

♲ @bart@mastodon.fam-ribbers.com: Oh, but I can do that too!

Yesterday I received my #PinePhone from @PINE64! Today I had fun with it and postmarketOS, here are some photos:
- the default applications
- the Fractal @matrix client

It's a glorious time for Linux on mobile!

♲ @KekunPlazas@mamot.fr: Yesterday I received my #Librem5 from @purism! Today I had fun with it, here are some photos:
- the default applications
- the Fractal @matrix client
- the Komikku webcomic reader
- the terminal application

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: It's Friday, late afternoon, and the time has come again to read the latest #matrix news, so take a break and read This Week in Matrix! This week has news about THREE separate iOS clients, new location-bot and more! matrix.org/blog/2019/12/06/thi… #decentralisation #twim

♲ @torproject@mastodon.social: This is outrageous and dangerous. People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-…
.onion: www.bbcnewsv2vjtpsuy.onion/new…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Hello, have you seen the latest news about Matrix? Time to read This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2019/11/29/thi… iOS clients, job openings, big progress on the IRC bridge and much more #decentralisation #decentralization #twim #matrix

♲ @Calvinn_Hobbes@tooot.im: In the spirit of Black Friday 😂 t.co/nSO2UtpjyU