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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I’ve used matrix for a year now and it works, but it seems slow.

Lots of people tried to self-host it and reported it uses too much RAM for what it does. (It allegedly uses 4+ GB of ram even if it only has 1-2 users)

Efficient software is a must. Software must not waste resources simply because “they are there”. That’s my biggest gripe with matrix.

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mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Its running about 1GB for me and my server setup. It spikes a bit if there is a lot going on, but it can get low than that when its just idling. Its not terrible, but given irc and other clients which take MB for RAM...its a bit of a hog-ish.

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- Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  IRC is dead simple. You cant compare something like matrix to it in terms of resource usage thats not fair. 1GB of ram usage if fine for a server application that does messaging, pictures and video.
  
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  - szymon@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    So we need to bring back IRC, if someone doesn’t know how it works - well, I don’t want to talk with such person. Bring back gatekeeping
    
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    Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    IRC doesnt fit the requirements though. I cant send pictures or videos, I cant make little icons to react, I cant quote reply, I dont get push notifications when pinged. You may think these arent nessesary but to majority of users they are and I dont think IRC is going to adapt to include them.
    
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- gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  well there’s the problem, i have a small server available but it only has 4 GB in total and i’m also hosting other things on it, including a luanti game world
  
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  - mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Im running the equivalent to a pi 5 so yeah it can run with a slight delay. You may have some issues with the spikes, definitely if its more than a couple of people.
    
    Also updates sometimes borks the server. Ive stopped updating until I have time to really sit down and understand what changed.
    
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    gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    there should be a more efficient re-implementation but i don’t have time to even attempt that :/
    
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auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Matrix 2.0 is much faster, but seems like they’ve been building it for a decade.

The app is out, but still no Spaces support; which is what makes it a competitor to Discord.

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