Slack for PLUG

[Jill Rouleau]

https://www.irccloud.com/

It's a cloud-based irc client/bouncer with a modern web UI and mobile apps.  (A
bouncer is like an irc connection proxy that stores channel and chat logs for
you when your client isn't connected.)  For folks who don't want to or can't run
their own bouncer or just want an easier interface to irc it's a really great
option.  So if you like things like Slack because they're more user-friendly
this is a good client-based alternative that won't lock you into a proprietary
chat solution.  This is usually my go-to client for introducing new f/oss
contributors to irc and I'd definitely feature it prominently in any intro to
irc talk.


-Jill


On 2020-01-04 01:18, Ed wrote:
> Is there a presentation for January?
> I would enjoy learning to IRC at the one PLUG meeting I can make
> before summer...
> 
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 10:39 AM Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:
> >
> > I've had so many services over the past 25 years or so, at this point I
don't do any more than I have to.  I like slack because it's business partners
and customers mostly so professional, and it's pretty universal.  I ran discord
for a bit last year for a game I was playing, but that's about it.  I still use
gvoice/hangouts for all my sms, signal atop that, and that's about it.
> >
> > As Hans said, Plug does have IRC, but of all things IRC is one thing I've
never gotten into using after all these years, or more never had a reason to
continue using.  Perhaps less is more and should though.
> >
> > -mb
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 9:45 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >>
> >> I would be interested in matter most with rocketchat a close second.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 2:54 PM Seabass <PrivateSeaBass at pm.me> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I’d imagine we would want to setup an open-source solution of some kind.
> >>>
> >>> I’d be willing to setup a rocket chat, for example, but I don’t know what
that would take for our audience, not had anyone said anything about wanting
one.
> >>> Nobody expressing interest may also be why it never happened, though.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Message: 6
> >>> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:11:26 -0500
> >>> From: Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> >>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> >>> Subject: Re: Slack for PLUG
> >>> Message-ID:
> >>> <CAFRvun+Uyf6FxrMWPaPbs-Mz+V7qLMq5Mee2=N0H0qT_vJrMhQ at mail.gmail.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >>>
> >>> imagine if we all showed for an installfest!
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 4:46 PM Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > We've got almost a thousand on Meetup and almost 500 subscribed to this
mailing list.
> >>> >
> >>> > Brian Cluff
> >>> >
> >>> > On 12/31/19 11:57 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > I was looking at this for something else, and thought this might be nice
for PLUG.
> >>> >
> >>> > https://slack.com/help/articles/204368833-Slack-for-Nonprofits
> >>> >
> >>> > I use Slack chat a lot with various customers and partners, and it's
free to nonprofits ala PLUG (I think) if under 250 users. Not sure how many
folks are actually joined to PLUG offer that to everyone (that would actually
participate), but I'd be interested in joining it if one existed with the folks
that normally participated here.
> >>> >
> >>> > Thoughts?
> >>> >
> >>> > -mb
> >>> >
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