IRC is ok but really we were thinking of doing something in more of a podcast kinda way - thats why we put the agenda together and are asking people to bring a topic along, to try and give it a bit more of a structure. <br>
<br>IRC can be really bewildering to newbies. Hopefully by putting the podcast up on the klug site we can encourage some new members and maybe also help breathe a bit of life into the mailing lists and forum - if only to hurl abuse at us :-).
<br><br>That said i still think that a dedicated IRC channel for the KLUG could be a good thing to help us support each other on a day to day basis- or perhaps for friendlyness an always on instant messegning session.<br>
<br>As for the non freeness of skype I agree totally, but skype is the only thing at the moment that will let us do what we want and it's easy to install and use.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 15/07/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Alan Pope</b> <<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com">alan@popey.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 01:29:50PM +0100, Colin_The_Technician wrote:
<br>> The first Virtual Kent Linux User Group Meeting is planned for this<br>> Sunday (16th July) starting at 9pm. Most wives and girlfriends will<br>> probably be watching the Kyle Minogue interview on Sky One so you will be
<br>> free. We will use Skype to hold the virtual meeting. Skype<br>> conference calls are limited to 5 people, which is more than enough<br>> for a group conversation which is what the Virtual Meeting will<br>
> essentially be. It does mean however that taking part will be on a<br>> first come first served basis and as Colin and Dan are already signed<br>> up there's only three spaces left.<br>><br>><br><br>Of course you *could* use IRC for your virtual meeting. It has the advantage
<br>that it's automatically logged by most clients, allows people to walk away<br>from the screen and still log what's happening so they can come back and<br>join in, it's considerabley lower bandwidth, allows more<br>people in, makes it easy to past URLs that can both be clicked and logged,
<br>works for people where there is no version of Skype available (i.e. I could<br>join using Putty on my mobile phone - not kidding - I *do* do this).<br><br>There's also the side that Skype is non-Free. :)<br><br>There is an irc server on
<a href="http://lug.org.uk">lug.org.uk</a> called <a href="http://irc.lug.org.uk">irc.lug.org.uk</a>. Feel free to<br>open your irc client (xchat, bitchx, irssi for examples) and connect to the<br>above named server. Create a channel of your choice by joining it, publicise
<br>it, and off you go.<br><br>Just a suggestion.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Al.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Kent mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk">Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
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