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We've just finished setting up our XMPP stand at LinuxDays (@linuxdays@mastodonczech.cz) in Prague. If you are in the area make sure to visit us. We are here all day today and tomorrow (Sunday). We have stickers and buttons!
Mastodon, Element and Conversations on the same slide. What is this, a crossover episode?
#Mastodon #Element #Matrix #XMPP #Conversations_im #Jabber #SuperStack
I’m in Luxembourg for the Fair Tech Summit and Open Source Conference Luxembourg.
The Fair Tech Summit marks both the conclusion of the Mobifree project and the kickoff of the SuperStack project. Great to meet our partners and friends from F-Droid, /e/OS, UnifiedPush, Delta Chat, Phosh, Taler and many more!
#DigitalSovereignty #FairTech #Mobifree #SuperStack #SuperApps #SuperFoss #FDroid #GNUTaler #UnifiedPush
Not everyone can or should self-host, but the technology that enables it—federation, open standards, and vendor independence—also allows cooperatives, municipalities, and community groups to run their own infrastructure.
If you are in Prague for Linux Days remember to come in early to catch my talk on Jabber/XMPP and 25 Years of Digital Independence. It's the first talk of the day at 10am in room 105.
I just released an update to Conversations that fixes a regression in the accessibility of the attachment selection.
Accessibility is important to me, and I apologize for any inconvenience caused by this. If you notice any accessibility problems, please let me know immediately.
What feature in Conversations are you looking forward to the most?
Google is raising the minimum SDK version for several core AndroidX libraries to 24 (Android 7). This means that even well-intentioned app developers will have a much harder time supporting Android 6.
Due to the recent popularity of #Conversations_im, I've already earned more than enough money this month and have decided to make the app free this week. Use this opportunity to onboard friends who might otherwise have a hard time paying for the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations
I’m delighted to announce that the OpenPGP implementation in #Conversations_im will see some love over the next ~6 months. Simultaneously, we will be laying the groundwork for OMEMO2 by implementing Stanza Content Encryption.
Thanks to funding from @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl and the European Commission.
A good litmus test for the morality of software is asking the developers if they would let their kids use it.
Meta execs: Fuck no!
XMPP devs: Yes, that's why I started this project.
#Conversations_im is currently in the Top 50 most download apps on @fdroidorg@floss.social.
In the messaging category it ranks fairly close to #Element X and has almost 3x the downloads of #DeltaChat. Just to give you a perspective on loudness on social media vs reality.
#Conversations_im 2.20.0 has been tagged with some significant UI work.
• The main screen now features prominent access to search and can suggest contacts to you for quick navigation
• The media attachment flow has been reworked and is now closer to the input field.
• The tablet layout has been improved and the title bar is now split into two.
Ich war im „Captain, it's Wednesday“-Podcast von GNU/Linux.ch zu Gast und durfte das #UnifiedPush-Projekt vorstellen.
Hat mich mega gefreut. Vielen Dank für die Einladung.
Wer schon immer mal etwas über Push-Benachrichtigungen ohne Google lernen wollte, dem meine Vorträge aber zu viel sind, kann es hier im praktischen Podcast auch unterwegs oder beim Putzen tun.
We are at Chemnitzer Linux Tage with a stand for #XMPP and #UnifiedPush.
Come find us and talk to us or grab some stickers or Haribo.
It's Digital Independence Day again and #Conversations_im, the best Jabber/XMPP client for Android, is currently available for free on Google Play.
Enjoy true independence with independent messaging. No central server. No venture capital. No 'non profits' with centralized decision-making.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations
At this point, the Google Play app review process has become a security liability. I have had an app update for #Conversations_im in the review queue since April 28th. Previously, app updates have been rejected for stupid, hallucinated reasons; this time, we are just being ignored entirely. The release is not shipping any security fixes, but imagine if it did.
What #Conversations_im did was prove that the technology works. When #Matrix reinvented the wheel as an eventually consistent graph database with a JSON API, they didn't do it because #XMPP didn't work. They did it because their investors were seeking control over the entire stack.
Auf der #FrOSCon in St. Augustin darf ich am 15. August noch einmal #UnifiedPush vorstellen. Das ist vermutlich das letzte Mal, dass ich diesen Vortrag in dieser Form halte.
https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2026/talk/dd149428-7db9-44b8-8fa2-d023a4940bb9/
Info-Stände zu #UnifiedPush und #XMPP gibt es auf der FrOSCon ebenfalls.
A quick reminder that nonprofit simply means an organization has found a creative way to avoid taxes. By itself, it doesn’t tell you anything about the ethics of said organization.
Ich freue mich auch auf den Vortrag „App-Kompatibilität für alle“¹ von Marvin (@larma@mastodon.social) und „Der Reichweitenmythos debunked“² von Stephanie (@ueckueck@dresden.network) auf der #FrOSCon.
¹: https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2026/talk/9cf12e1d-2d18-4ef2-95f5-dffdd26f86e3/
²: https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2026/talk/93f8490a-68b1-4200-97c1-b78b456426cb/
The #XMPP community operates on the principle that good ideas will prevail. Showing a warning when it’s nighttime for a contact has had three independent implementations in a little over a month.
We don’t need CEOs. We don’t need kings. #ThatsXMPP
Element (@element@mastodon.matrix.org) makes a very big deal out of every single government agency that gives #Matrix a shot. However when you look at what actual people choose to deploy it's #XMPP.
https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php (via @debacle@framapiaf.org)
Mein Vortrag über #UnifiedPush von den Chemnitzer Linux Tage ist übrigens auch schon online verfügbar. Diesmal mit Demo und schöner, langer Q/A Runde.
Our combined booth for #UnifiedPush and #XMPP at #CLT2026 went great. There was huge interest in UnifiedPush, and we successfully funneled some of that interest into XMPP as well.
I think it's a great combination since those projects are ideologically well-aligned, and we will likely do it again.
Gerade mal geguckt: Offenbar war ich 2008 das erste Mal auf den Chemnitzer Linux Tage (inklusive Übernachtung in der Turnhalle) und 2009 habe ich meinen ersten Vortrag gehalten. Über Yacy und andere verteilte Suchmaschinen.
https://test.chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2009/vortraege/detail.html.96.html
@jae@mastodon.bsd.cafe We put the instant into instant messaging.
Merles Vortrag "Warum selbst Signal bei Google und Apple anklopft" ist übrigens eine schöne Ergänzung zu meinem UnifiedPush Vortrag.
https://media.ccc.de/v/clt26-143-warum-selbst-signal-bei-google-und-apple-anklopft
