[EdLUG] EdLUG April 2020 : online over Jitsi

Tue Apr 7 14:36:47 UTC 2020

Sorry, I created an account but then forgot the testing slot. Did enough people show up to make a realistic test? Are we going ahead with OpenMeetings or with Jitsi?

Thomas

On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, at 21:25, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
> Oh yes i havent installed a certificate.... might think to do it tomorrow....
> 
> // Sent from a mobile device. Typos and brevity may transpire.
> 
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, 21:10 Andrew Ramage, <andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is what I get:

>> Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead
>> 
>>  Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to edlug-webmeetup.duckdns.org. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.

>> On 05/04/2020 21:01, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
>>> I'll second Thomas's assessment in principle - I've update the public event posting to make that clear....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In the meantime however I did try to set up a self-hosted alternative.... Apache OpenMeetings (AOM), hosted on the very same Sausage Cloud we'll be hearing about on Tuesday!
>>> 
>>> Before we elect it for the meeting though, I would like to invite as many people as possible to give it an Alpha test to be sure it is in fact usable for everyone...
>>> 
>>> 1. Go to https://edlug-webmeetup.duckdns.org:5443/openmeetings/ and register an account. Please note that the confirmation email might go to your Spam folder
>>> 2. At 4pm on Monday 6th of April , enter the Public Presentation Room (should be listed under Rooms : Public)
>>> 3. Me or Nick will try to present their screen and talk a little. Let's see how it holds up
>>> 
>>> Any technical difficultiehats please message me directly
>>> 
>>> Tai
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 22:07, Thomas Kluyver <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:
>>>> As there doesn't seem to be any clearly superior alternative we're aware of, let's go ahead and try using Jitsi on Tuesday.
>>>> 
>>>> I'll join with Chromium, and I'd encourage people to do the same. I resent having to advise people not to use Firefox, but be aware that your choice could affect everyone in the meeting. Hopefully Firefox and Jitsi will be fully compatible soon.
>>>> 
>>>> Thomas
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, at 15:12, Keith Wyse wrote:
>>>>> Hi folks;
>>>>> I used Jitsi today to video chat with family, and I found 
>>>>> it very stable and clear. Much better than Skype.
>>>>> We were all using Android devices for the connection, so I didn't see the Firefox problem noted earlier.
>>>>> I want to join in with the meeting on April 7th as I haven't made it to a meeting in a long time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> HTH
>>>>> Keith
>>>>> Scottish Borders
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 12:30, azmodie <azmodie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi All, 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gavin hendrys company Surevoip in aberdeen just released a braided version of jitsi and site mentions its encrypted. https://meet.surevoip.co.uk/ <https://meet.surevoip.co.uk/?> we could check this out. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hes given talks on openldap for various lugs in the past.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Kris
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 11:54, Gábor Majoros <mersaint at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Someone would need to run it but - https://rocket.chat/?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Gábor
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, 11:12 Thomas Kluyver, <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, at 16:51, Andrew Ramage wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I set up a link on my computer, but received a Browser warning. Apparently Firefox is not supported.

>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I see the same, and apparently one participant with Firefox can cause issues for everyone in the meeting:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It looks like there's progress, but it's a disappointing sign of Chrome's dominance in the browser space that Firefox support is a lower priority even for open source projects.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Are there any FOSS alternatives worth investigating? Unfortunately, all of the tools I've used in this space are proprietary.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thomas
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