[lug] Why use a Linux desktop? Was: Re: (Virtual)

[Orion Poplawski]

On 4/12/20 1:42 PM, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On 4/12/20 8:36 AM, Rob Nagler wrote:
>> I don't know why people started using Slack over IRC or IM (Skype, 
>> AIM, etc.), but they did, and it now is a big.
> 
> Having used IRC and Hipchat and some others, the big reason for Slack is 
> the easy to use management of discussion groups and server members, 
> history, search and file sharing.
> 
> IRC had all those things, sure, but it was implemented with bots running 
> on the channels with hard to use commands and no GUI. The bots weren't 
> standardized so you'd have to figure out what the commands were this 
> time. They'd randomly crash too and lose all the channel history or 
> forget who you were and prevent you from using your nick. Or allow 
> trolls to pretend to be you.
> 
> The other IM apps were good for one to one conversations but I don't 
> remember any of them that let you share chat history with new group 
> members or search it easily.

FWIW - We make use of mattermost at work if people are looking for an 
open source alternative.


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