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Just a reminder of all the websites and apps we have groups on you can join to keep track of our news, and some let you post and chat away in yourselves! There's something for everyone here.
Telegram For the slightly more privacy concerned (and it's just lovely)
Channel (for our news): https://telegram.me/linuxgaming
SuperGroup (anyone can join and post in): https://telegram.me/linux_gaming
Google+ For the people keeping G+ alive
Our page (for our news): https://plus.google.com/+Gamingonlinux
Group (anyone can post in): https://plus.google.com/communities/113630288541740437071
Twitter Probably our most popular and most followed place!
https://twitter.com/gamingonlinux
Discord It's the new hip thing, haven't you heard?
https://discord.gg/0rxBtcSOonvGzXr4
IRC For the oldskool
#gamingonlinux on freenode (or our web IRC)
Facebook For the rest of you
https://www.facebook.com/gamingonlinux/
Steam I always forget we have this
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamingonlinux
Is there somewhere I missed that's genuinely useful? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Telegram For the slightly more privacy concerned (and it's just lovely)
Channel (for our news): https://telegram.me/linuxgaming
SuperGroup (anyone can join and post in): https://telegram.me/linux_gaming
Google+ For the people keeping G+ alive
Our page (for our news): https://plus.google.com/+Gamingonlinux
Group (anyone can post in): https://plus.google.com/communities/113630288541740437071
Twitter Probably our most popular and most followed place!
https://twitter.com/gamingonlinux
Discord It's the new hip thing, haven't you heard?
https://discord.gg/0rxBtcSOonvGzXr4
IRC For the oldskool
#gamingonlinux on freenode (or our web IRC)
Facebook For the rest of you
https://www.facebook.com/gamingonlinux/
Steam I always forget we have this
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamingonlinux
Is there somewhere I missed that's genuinely useful? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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a 40k users social network isn't so mandatory. Cut out the non-english speakers (seems to be a lot due to the fact that the two bigger servers are german) I think the minimal effort to keep the page up to date isn't worth.
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Where did you get the 40k number? It's more than 600k (I already gave the link above on statistics: https://the-federation.info ). Also, what's "mandatory"? If you care about FOSS and not supporting those who use your information for profit, then use diaspora*, not FB or G+. For those who don't care that's of course irrelevant. In my understand social network should be a communication tool, not a tool to harvest people's profiles. Therefore it has to be decentralized to avoid such pitfalls.
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Thunderbird has an IRC interface as well! As for standalone: XChat.
Xchat is dead (since 2011), no development
HexChat is the thing now, started from where XChat was left
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lucifertdark 28 Mar 2016
Telegram isn't secure, the people who want to control our entire lives already have their claws deep into that piece of software & can eavesdrop any time they like, avoid it like the plague.
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Telegram isn't secure, the people who want to control our entire lives already have their claws deep into that piece of software & can eavesdrop any time they like, avoid it like the plague.Ive seen people say that, but no one can ever back it up.
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lucifertdark 28 Mar 2016
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/23/homebrew_crypto_in_telegram_app/
https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/auth_key
https://medium.com/@thegrugq/operational-telegram-cbbaadb9013a#.99hy8plvi
https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/auth_key
https://medium.com/@thegrugq/operational-telegram-cbbaadb9013a#.99hy8plvi
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i'm unable to join telegram channel linux_gaming, is it locked?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/23/homebrew_crypto_in_telegram_app/
https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/auth_key
https://medium.com/@thegrugq/operational-telegram-cbbaadb9013a#.99hy8plvi
I appreciate the info, but I never used their crypto in the first place, just regular chat o3o Even though I advocate for privacy, I'm more concerned with getting legislation passed to prevent such invasions in the first place, rather than worry if my specific conversations with my girlfriend is encrypted.
Whatever your reason for securing your communications, I respect that. However, outside of that, Telegram is a fantastic program for those just concerned with talking to each other.
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i really don't understand why the f*** people use pidgin for IRC, it's horrible
use a dedicated Client for IRC, like HexChat
use a dedicated Client for IRC, like HexChat
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/23/homebrew_crypto_in_telegram_app/
https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/auth_key
https://medium.com/@thegrugq/operational-telegram-cbbaadb9013a#.99hy8plvi
All of that tells me one thing: Telegram is still secure, and hasn't been broken. I am using it for the useful features more than anything.
Anyway, we are going way offtopic ;)
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Telegram isn't secure, the people who want to control our entire lives already have their claws deep into that piece of software & can eavesdrop any time they like, avoid it like the plague.Ive seen people say that, but no one can ever back it up.
It was explained multiple times already. Telegram server is insecure and not FOSS, there is no end to end encryption. I.e. if you want Big Brother to be on the other end, Telegram is an option ;)
Last edited by Shmerl on 28 Mar 2016 at 2:34 pm UTC
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Telegram isn't secure, the people who want to control our entire lives already have their claws deep into that piece of software & can eavesdrop any time they like, avoid it like the plague.Ive seen people say that, but no one can ever back it up.
It was explained multiple times already. Telegram server is insecure and not FOSS, there is no end to end encryption. I.e. if you want Big Brother to be on the other end, Telegram is an option ;)
Like I said, so is any service that you don't host yourself to know exactly what is happening with the data.
I use Telegram as I like the features and clients.
This isn't a privacy debate either, just pointing out places people can join in and chat or follow the news.
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ChloeWolfieGirl 28 Mar 2016
Hm. I wouldn't recommend Telegram to privacy concerned. Its server isn't FOSS.
May be there should be some presence on diaspora*? https://diasporafoundation.org
Also, in addition to IRC it's good to have an XMPP chat room.
I do like Diaspora, Just lack of users and features, theres no groups so theres no hub for people who like certain types of things.
If the tech people on G+ switched to Diaspora and when Diaspora gains XMPP, I'd probably not use G+ except to talk to 2 people.
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diaspora* already has XMPP support for local chat. "Groups" functionality can be emulated by using tags. Something like explicit groups could be useful though.
Last edited by Shmerl on 28 Mar 2016 at 5:39 pm UTC
Last edited by Shmerl on 28 Mar 2016 at 5:39 pm UTC
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ChloeWolfieGirl 28 Mar 2016
diaspora* already has XMPP support for local chat. "Groups" functionality can be emulated by using tags. Something like explicit groups could be useful though.
Not in diasp.eu yet, I only know 2 pods that have it currently, and group chats dont serve the same purpose as group pages, but they both complement each other.
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Right, some pods have it, not all. My point is, it's a feature that diaspora* supports, but it's up to the podmin to set up XMPP server and pair it with diaspora*.
Once you have an XMPP server though you can set up any chats you want really. You can already do that on various existing ones, no need to wait for diaspora* to deliver it.
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Once you have an XMPP server though you can set up any chats you want really. You can already do that on various existing ones, no need to wait for diaspora* to deliver it.
Last edited by Shmerl on 28 Mar 2016 at 9:14 pm UTC
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Right, some pods have it, not all. My point is, it's a feature that diaspora* supports, but it's up to the podmin to set up XMPP server and pair it with diaspora*.
Took me a bit to realize Diaspora* literally has an asterisk in it's name; I kept looking for a footnote in your posts XD
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Took me a bit to realize Diaspora* literally has an asterisk in it's name; I kept looking for a footnote in your posts XD
Hah, yeah :) It hints to dandelion that's used for its mascot (as a symbol of decentralization).
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I'm using the RSS with NetVibes.
I don't have the latest articles in real-time but I have a quick view of all of the news that I'm following in the same page.
I don't have the latest articles in real-time but I have a quick view of all of the news that I'm following in the same page.
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a 40k users social network isn't so mandatory. Cut out the non-english speakers (seems to be a lot due to the fact that the two bigger servers are german) I think the minimal effort to keep the page up to date isn't worth.
I don't really see why it matters that the two biggest servers are German. Most Germans speak English, especially the ones involved in tech and political stuff (I guess that's diaspora*'s prime target audience). As a German diaspora* user I'd be happy, if we had channel, group, whatever in the network ;-).
btw. There already is someone posting a lot of links to GoL under the #linux and #games tag.
Last edited by dfrn on 29 Mar 2016 at 10:12 am UTC
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