tl;dr :

  • Hexchat IRC client app development stopped
  • Linux Mint team was building IRC client to replace Hexchat
  • The team tried Matrix and liked it
  • Linux Mint’s communication channels are moving from IRC to Matrix
  • The desktop app will be named Matrix to avoid confusion
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    48 months ago

    Nobody got solid info (probably not the devs themselves), but some facts:

    • they’re based on Ubuntu LTS
    • they put heavy modifications on top of it
    • from their track record, the major releases have been on June & July