@Valmond@lemmy.world
@SrMono@feddit.org
Very good question and one of the big critic points about signal.
It is theoretically foss, but so complicated apparently, (or parts missing?) that it seems nobody ever menaged to set it up.
So in effect it it proprietary.
And since I is lock-in there is also no incentive to start another server. That's one reason to use federated protocols.

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@Mihies@programming.dev
I do it completely manually. Using Linux distros for 15y but never touched ansible. I just reinstall stuff like one does in that distribution..
I've got complete system snapshots via btrfs and backup them away with restic...
ZFS would work too or course.

But I don't reinstall my stuff all the time. Generally it just works and keeps working. But I wonder if setting up a system and copying data from the backup really is that time consuming, that working with ansible and what not it worth it.
Depends heavily on how often one uses it I guess 👍

@erebion@lemmy.sdf.org
Matrix on ejabbered doesn't really work as one would like, at least that's what I read, so best test it on another subdomain before you really migrate.
I didn't read yet from anyone, really using it as a matrix server.

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