Scott

1. Muck about with Netbird (oops, wait, that wasn’t on the list!)
2. Walk the dog.
3. Tidy the garden.
4. Replace the shower curtain.
5. Clean and lubricate the bean-to-cup coffee machine.
6. Book holiday flights.

With a toaster.

Do you mean Patrick Stewart or from the description of the character?

Inconceivable!

Element is UK and EU-based, not US-based.

Poor Annie.

By default a retention policy isn’t set but, if it is set, it’s on a per-room basis. You have to remember Matrix is federated so things are not so clear cut as centralised services.

See, https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/develop/docs/message_retention_policies.md

Effectively, forever.

I run a complete, self-hosted Matrix stack including bridges to WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram and Signal as well as Element Call (Livekit) and MAS (the new authentication system).

I don’t think there’s any shortcuts. You just need to install them and work through any issues, one-by-one. Start with just the homeserver (Synapse, don’t bother with anything else yet) and add one component at a time and get it working before moving to the next.

I will say that having a decent knowledge of reverse proxies, networking, DNS and certificates will help you greatly. Having a solid understanding of Docker (if you’re using Docker) would be of great benefit too.

It should be much easier today than it was five/six-odd years ago when I started; things are more polished now than they were then.

They’re just hosting existing FOSS alternatives.

https://thistothat.com/

No.

Flowers - Miley Cirus.

Looks like C++.

Stakkato the horse or the cyber criminal?

I’m running GrapheneOS and have no idea what things look like on the fruity phones.

I do this. I self-host rather than use Beeper but the effect is the same. Single client (Element) to my own Matrix server (Synapse) with bridges to WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Slack.

Here’s hoping! 🤞

100%. I want this more than nearly anything.

Back in the 90s I hoped that being online would raise everyone’s game and we’d all become more technical, in general, and adapt. Sometimes, now, it feels the opposite.

Having them all switch on a single day is a big ask and, quite frankly, naïve.