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Telegram support within KDE shuts down 20 September 2023

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Telegram Support Discontinued (September 2023)

The Telegram bridge to Matrix rooms shuts down on 20 September 2023; see this mailing list post. Telegram rooms after this date will no longer be used for official KDE communication and bridges to KDE's Matrix rooms will be shut down.

Matrix will continue to be used by KDE for collaboration within the community.

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-'''Telegram''' is a real-time chat program, similar to instant messages and [[Internet Relay Chat | IRC]]. Telegram offers a mobile, desktop and [https://web.telegram.org web client]. You can install the Telegram desktop client using the [https://userbase.kde.org/Discover KDE Discover Software Store] or using the command line, which differs based on which GNU/Linux distribution you're using:
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-* Arch/Antergos/Manjaro: <code>sudo pacman -S telegram-desktop</code>
+==Telegram Support Discontinued (September 2023)==
-* Debian/Ubuntu/Kubuntu/KDE Neon: <code>sudo apt install telegram-desktop</code>
+The Telegram bridge to Matrix rooms shuts down on 20 September 2023; see this [https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2023q3/007747.html mailing list post]. Telegram rooms after this date will no longer be used for official KDE communication and bridges to KDE's Matrix rooms will be shut down.
-* Fedora: <code>sudo dnf install telegram-desktop</code>
-* Gentoo: <code>sudo emerge telegram-desktop-bin</code>
-* openSUSE: <code>sudo zypper install telegram-desktop</code>
-* Flatpak: <code>flatpak install flathub org.telegram.desktop</code>
-An active directory of KDE-related Telegram channels is maintained on Telegram at https://t.me/kdechannels. Contact https://t.me/kdechat to add entries to the listing. None of these are officially KDE channels, as KDE does not officially use proprietary communication mediums. Instead, check out KDE Matrix at https://webchat.kde.org or KDE's presence on Freenode (IRC).
+[https://community.kde.org/Matrix Matrix] will continue to be used by KDE for collaboration within the community.
-Note that a lot of Telegram channels have IRC or Matrix rooms that are bridged to, especially if ran by KDE developers. These channels will typically note so in their descriptions.