Bhante Subharo :xmpp:<p>After taking a closer look at <a href="https://c.im/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> clients for the <a href="https://c.im/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> desktop, there's this frustrating "tie" for finding a favorite. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Dino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dino</span></a>, which is likeable for being able to do video and audio calls, only has limited support for multi-user chat (complete with fancy moderation tools). These audio and video calls it can do are AMD64-only at this time.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gajim</span></a>, which is likeable for being able to do multi-user chat well (with great moderation tools), alas, can't do audio and video calls to the other XMPP clients (like, say, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Conversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conversations</span></a>, as they use a newer <a href="https://c.im/tags/WebRTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebRTC</span></a>-based method now).</p><p>So there's this strange situation where one is tempted to use both at the same time.</p><p>My takeaway is that <a href="https://c.im/tags/Conversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conversations</span></a> for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> is the only xmpp client that I would possibly and carefully recommend to family and friends at this time, as it can cover all of the above. (<a href="https://c.im/tags/Monal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monal</span></a> on <a href="https://c.im/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a>/#MacOS only has "partial" support for Multi-user chat, BTW.)</p><p>Yes I'm aware of the existence of Snikket, Quicksy, and Prav. No need to chime in on those.</p>