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22 hours agoIt really is no different than discord. You create an account, download the client, log in and that’s that. You don’t have to self host it or use any instance that isn’t the main instance. Just go to matrix.org and sign up.
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In element there’s a button on top of the chat. I press that and it’s calling.
It does it well, it’s just clunky. It works perfectly fine, and I recommend it over discord ang day of the week. Except Tuesdays. Tuesdays I recommend IRC.
Matrix can literally do everything you just mentioned. It’s clunky, but it works.
In their defense, counter strike 1.5 and 1.6 existed. Condition zero as 1.7, source as 1.8, GO as 1.9 and now we are finally at two. 🤷♂️
1·7 months agoThree steps:
- point the FQDN to your network (Dynamic DNS).
- set up reverse proxy (Nginx, etc.)
- set up certificates (Certbot, etc.)
Optional step 4: harden with fail2ban and a firewall.
It is no more clunky than discord was a couple years ago. Setting up a server is very clunky, but the average Joe doesn’t have to do it.