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@@ -30,3 +30,41 @@ which is a list of XEPs that needs to be supported by Instant Messaging
 servers and clients, including mobile ones, and all of the recommended
 ones will mostly just work.
 
+These include conversations.im on android, dino on linux, which also
+works pretty nicely on linux phones, gajim for a more fully featured
+option that includes the kitchen sink, profanity for text interface
+fanatics like me, and I've heard that monal works decently enough on the
+iThings.
+
+One thing that sets XMPP apart from other federated protocols, is that
+it has already gone through the phase where everybody was on one *very*
+big server, which then cut out federation, and we've learned from the
+experience. These days there are still a few places that cather to
+newcomers, like the ones on these slides, but most people are actually
+on servers of a manageable size.
+
+My strong recommendation is for community hosting: not just self-hosting
+for yourself, but finding a community you feel part of and trust, and
+share a server with them, whether managed by volunteers from the
+community itself, or by a paid provider.
+
+If you are a Debian Developer, you already have one: you can go to the
+address in the slide, set your own password, wait an hour or so and
+you're good to go.
+
+A few years ago it had remained a bit behind, but these days it's
+managed by an active team, and if you're missing some features, or just
+want to know what's happening with it, you can join their BoF on friday
+afternoon (and also thank them for their work).
+
+But for most people in this room, I'd also recommend finding a friend or
+two who can help as a backup, and run a server for your own families or
+community: as a certified lazy person who doesn't like doing sysadmin
+jobs, I can guarantee it's perfeclty feasible, about in the same range
+of difficulty as running your own web server for a static site.
+
+The two most popular servers for this, prosody and ejabberd, are well
+maintained in Debian, and these days there isn't a lot more to do than
+installing them, telling them your hostname, setting up a few DNS
+entries, and then you mostly need to keep the machine updated and very
+little else.