Briefly, Matrix is an open standard for communications on the internet, supporting federation, encryption and VoIP. Matrix.org has more to say about the goals of the Matrix project, and the formal specification describes the technical details.
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install matrix-synapse-bridged, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install matrix-synapse-bridged
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
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