I tried to do this sometime back but I think there was a strange authorization issue? I'll try once more.
In case anyone uses matrix chat, user @softwarepagan had taken the courtesy to create a group chat for Station users and geminauts alike, for anybody that's interested in a group chat for the smallnet.
The group link can be found here
https://matrix.to/#/!DWUvnRFMUzVbnwiUpB:matrix.org?via=matrix.org
1 month ago ยท ๐ m0xee, arubes
https://matrix.to/#/!DWUvnRFMUzVbnwiUpB:matrix.org?via=matrix.org
@userfxnet Sure! Here it is: geminauts@chat.kwiecien.us
It's discoverable in global search in Gajim.
Sure, XMPP has its uses โ it doesn't require the latest hardware โ I host my Prosody server on an old PowerPC MacMini, next to my snac2-based Fediverse instance. But XMPP's modularity might be annoying: sometimes even the most basic functions aren't included or on by default, such as deleting messages in group chats. You can enable the pluggable module that provides it on the server, but there is still no guarantee that clients your buddies use would support it.
I'd switch to hosting Dendrite (Matrix) when I have more capable hardware TBH ๐ ยท 1 month ago
@m0xee do you know the room or server of that xmpp gemini group? Id love to check it out :D
Iโve been playing around with the idea of maybe hosting something xmpp up myself as atm Iโve newly signed up for an xmpp account a couple weeks or so back via project segfault pubnix with an address at userfxnet@projectsegfau.lt and so far Iโve found it to be very practical and great fun actually. ยท 1 month ago
I've set up a smol XMPP server for friends โ I don't really like XMPP and think we should switch to Matrix, but unfortunatelly the machine I can keep running 24/7 isn't resourceful enough even to host Dendrite, so Prosody it is!
I haven't used XMPP in ages, so I started playing around with it โ and to my great surprised I've found a pretty populated room for geminauts there. I haven't tried joining though, I'm shy ๐ ยท 1 month ago