On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 08:14:23AM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
for instant messaging with close friends, so speaking of IM what tools are there for this kind of communication? I didn't see you bring anything up about that.
IRC is still active, although not mobile-friendly. On the rise is Matrix (matrix.org) which works great on mobile too (note that matrix can also bridge to IRC)
A phonebook-based one is Kontalk (GPL).
There is also conference communication and phones, also important topic to bring up I think.
I found Jitsi Meet effective: https://meet.jit.si Note: Matrix can integrate it on a channel.
I for example do not have a mobile phone, but I do have an IP based phone and I am not particularly fond of calling without the option to encrypt the dialog.
Had you tried Tox, for secure communications ? https://tox.chat/
--strk;