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Linux Mint 22 Will Include Preinstalled App for Matrix (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've been thinking of switching to Green Debian... It doesn't sound like there's all that much difference, anything you found missing or was it pretty much same enough?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Same as Debian but with pre-installed firmware, and other stuff. also the desktop GUI gets updates and it has backports enabled by default.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Green Debian didn't like displaying things on my laptop's Nvidea chip. On my desktop with an AMD card, Green Debian runs flawlessly. No terminal transparency, though, but that's not really a problem for me.