getting-started: Matrix — how to connect from any client (custom homeserver steps, separate identities)

getting-started.md

@@ -56,10 +56,21 @@ privacy, and direction happen on our **Loomio forum**:
 
 - **[forum.inference.coop](https://forum.inference.coop)** — where members discuss and decide.
 - **[matrix.inference.coop](https://matrix.inference.coop)** — our Matrix chat server. Log in
-  with your co-op account (Cloudron SSO); your Matrix ID is `@username:inference.coop` and
+  with your co-op account (Cloudron SSO); your Matrix ID is `@username:inference.coop`.
-  works with any Matrix app (Element, Fluffychat, etc.). Every member is invited to the
+  Every member is invited to the **Inference Cooperative** space automatically — check your
-  **Inference Cooperative** space automatically — check your invites on first login. Your
+  invites on first login.
-  existing Matrix account on another server also works.
+
+  **Using it from any Matrix client** — the server speaks the standard Matrix protocol,
+  so you can connect from any client:
+
+  - **Element** (web, desktop, iOS, Android): on the sign-in screen, click *Edit* next to
+    "Homeserver" and enter `https://matrix.inference.coop`, then sign in with your co-op
+    account. (On [app.element.io](https://app.element.io) or the desktop/mobile apps alike.)
+  - **FluffyChat, Cinny, SchildiChat** or any other client: look for the "custom homeserver"
+    / "other server" option in the client's login screen and enter the same address.
+  - Your co-op account and your existing Matrix account on another server (e.g.
+    matrix.org or a personal homeserver) are separate identities — keep whichever you
+    like for co-op rooms; both can join. Invites go to your co-op account by default.
 - See the [Charter](charter.md) for how governance is structured.
 - See [Open questions](open-questions.md) for the decisions currently on the table.