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Luon Matrix is a Matrix home server that can be used by any Luon user without
requesting an account explicitly. The Matrix home server will store the
conversation history of all rooms that any Luon user is participating in
securely.

For more information about Matrix, see: [matrix.org](https://matrix.org).

## Clients

Given that Matrix is open protocol, there are many clients available. For a
full overview, see the
[clients page at matrix.org](https://matrix.org/clients/). Below follows a
selection of the most relevant clients.

### Riot Web

We have a instance of [Riot Web](https://riot.im) which is a web-based, fully
featured client for Matrix. It is preconfigured to use the Luon Matrix
home server. It can be found at: [chat.luon.net](https://chat.luon.net).
You can log in using your Luon account username and password.

### Fractal

On GNOME, there is the *Fractal* Matrix client. It does not support all the
features of Matrix just yet, but has a clean interface that fits well into the
desktop.  You can install it via Flatpak using
[Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Fractal).

### Android/iOS

There are various kinds of mobile clients available, but the most well-known
and fully featured are:
[Riot Android](https://matrix.org/docs/projects/client/riot-android) /
[Riot iOS](https://matrix.org/docs/projects/client/riot-ios).
For Android there is also the new client
[RiotX](https://matrix.org/docs/projects/client/riotx) that is
a rewrite of *Riot Android*, is more lean and has a better user interface.

## Credentials & IDs

Depending on the client, for logging in it might either your username and
home server URL or Matrix ID (mxid) to log in. So, you can use the following:

* Username: `user`
* home server URL: `https://matrix.luon.net`

or:

* Matrix ID: `@user:luon.net`

and of course the password of your Luon account.

Other users on the Luon home server as well as any other Matrix home server can
use your Matrix ID to contact you. It is fully federated.

## Rooms

Luon users are invited to join the room `#users:luon.net` where participants
will be notified of Luon news and Luon things can be discussed.

Feel free to create your own public, or private, rooms!