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title: Join OpenMandriva chat room with Matrix
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# Newcomer guide: join OpenMandriva chat room with Matrix
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Here is a quick guide to create an account in Matrix. If you are looking for general guide please go [here ](/doc/chat-faq ).
One of the main advantage of Matrix is to keep conversations logs even when you’
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You can create an account with any [matrix client ](https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html ), but for simplicity we’ almost all devices ](https://about.riot.im/ ) (Android, iOS, desktop, web…).
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If you already have a Matrix account, you can jump to [paragraph ](/doc/join-chatroom-matrix#the-interesting-part-joining-openmandriva-rooms )
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## Registration
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### Register an account on the [Riot web page](https://riot.im/app/)
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## The boring part: Legal validation process, GDPR, minimum age validation etc.
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### If you just created a new account, On the top left, you see an invitation from a bot called «System Alerts». Click on it and accept the invitation
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### The bot will ask you to review terms and conditions of matrix.org
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### A new page or tab is open, where you can read the Terms of Service and privacy.
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### At the bottom you’
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### Well, at least you’
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## The interesting part: Joining OpenMandriva rooms
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### Notice the icons on the bottom left:
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### The fourth from left icon let you seek and find chat rooms.
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### you will see a list of discussion rooms, we will filter them by making a specific search
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### You can start to look for our channels: #oma:matrix.org is OMA’ ’
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### Click on a room to join it, and then validate your choice.
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### Enjoy! And connect with your account on [any device](https://about.riot.im/)
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