[Bradford] Video conferencing

Thu Mar 19 13:58:55 UTC 2020

HI Shi

I would be happy if you would lead on this; I agree about using Debian/Ubuntu 
as a look at the Jitsi repos shows that that one is the most up-to-date one.

John

On Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:16:16 GMT John Leach via Bradford wrote:
> Thanks Shi!
> 
> We're all remote at Brightbox anyway and mostly use Google Meet which
> has been fine so far.
> 
> but ok, if someone wants to lead this, just sign up at
> https://www.brightbox.com and name the organisation Bradlug - it'll
> get £50 free credit immediately anyway (all new accounts do), but I'll
> flag it as a freebie account after that anyway.
> 
> You'll need to provide an SSH key so that when you build the server,
> it will be automatically installed. If you add some collaborators to
> the account first, their SSH keys will be installed on it too.
> 
> Having looked over the Jitsi specs, I'd recommend a 1G server. You'll
> need to map a Cloud IP to it too (unless everyone is on IPv6 :)
> 
> Jitsu seems to push their Debian/Ubuntu packages most prominently, so
> I'd recommend one of those distros (we generally use Ubuntu).
> 
> John.
> 
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 11:57, shi via Bradford
> 
> <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> > We are remote workers and have been at the mercy of clients when it comes
> > to video conferencing (zoom and skype) but it has worked ok. I have also
> > been 'attending' one-to-one cello lessons using the latter software for a
> > few weeks now and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, in terms of
> > logistics and clarity of facial expressions, sound, etc. Would be really
> > good to try Jitsi!
> > 
> > Many thanks for the offer, John - really appreciate it!
> > --
> > shi
> > 
> > On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 11:51, John Robert Hudson via Bradford 
<bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> >> Hi Brian
> >> 
> >> I think we need to give John L time to respond and set things up.
> >> 
> >> John
> >> 
> >> On Thursday, 19 March 2020 10:55:21 GMT Brian A wrote:
> >> > May I be so bold as to suggest that we try this out on Thursday at
> >> > 19:30 UK
> >> > time, if that time be convenient to interested parties. John has
> >> > experience
> >> > of using Jitsi,  so maybe you could set it up John and pass on
> >> > instructions??
> >> > 
> >> > Brian
> >> > 
> >> > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>
> >> > 
> >> > ________________________________
> >> > From: Bradford <bradford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk> on behalf of John
> >> > Robert Hudson via Bradford <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> Sent:
> >> > Thursday,
> >> > March 19, 2020 11:20:54 AM
> >> > To: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>;
> >> > bernie at skipole.co.uk <bernie at skipole.co.uk> Cc: Bernard Czenkusz
> >> > <bernie.skipole at gmail.com>
> >> > Subject: Re: [Bradford] Video conferencing
> >> > 
> >> > Hi Bernie
> >> > 
> >> > I agree. If you are happy to go down that line, John, I am sure a lot
> >> > of
> >> > people would appreciate it. When you made the original offer, I was
> >> > wondering if it would be worth it just for BradLUG, but if it were
> >> > practical to make the offer more widely available to non-commercial
> >> > groups
> >> > for the next three months, say, that might also help a lot of people to
> >> > become familiar with it.
> >> > 
> >> > John
> >> > 
> >> > On Thursday, 19 March 2020 10:03:27 GMT Bernard Czenkusz via Bradford 
wrote:
> >> > > Hi guys,
> >> > > 
> >> > > This sounds interesting, if it works well it may be of interest to
> >> > > Brightbox to offer it as a service, since I know my wife's Yoga class
> >> > > is
> >> > > under threat, and presumably other excercise, yoga, pilates and other
> >> > > classes. All of which may be topical in the current situation.
> >> > > 
> >> > >   Bernie
> >> > > 
> >> > > On 18/03/2020 15:44, John Leach via Bradford wrote:
> >> > > > Hi Brian,
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > my company, Brightbox, would be happy to give bradlug a server and
> >> > > > some bandwidth for free to have a go with self-hosting Jitsi if
> >> > > > you'd
> >> > > > like.
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > I'm interested in Jitsi myself too so would be curious about how
> >> > > > you
> >> > > > get on with it
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > Let me know if that's of interest.
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > John.
> >> > > > --
> >> > > > https://www.brightbox.com
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 13:27, John Robert Hudson via Bradford
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> >> > > >> Hi Brian
> >> > > >> 
> >> > > >> Jitsi certainly seemed a good option the last time I looked at it.
> >> > > >> 
> >> > > >> John
> >> > > >> 
> >> > > >> On Wednesday, 18 March 2020 10:22:05 GMT bradlug--- via Bradford 
wrote:
> >> > > >>> Following John's suggestion for a virtual meeting, I have, this
> >> > > >>> morning,
> >> > > >>> taken a brief look at what is available to facilitate that. Jitsi
> >> > > >>> seems
> >> > > >>> to
> >> > > >>> be a good option. It is free to use, self host if you want, and
> >> > > >>> Open
> >> > > >>> Source. For me that ticks all the boxes, though I am not
> >> > > >>> suggesting
> >> > > >>> self
> >> > > >>> hosting due to the presumed large bandwidth required. Hence, the
> >> > > >>> question
> >> > > >>> is, do you think this is a good choice and, if so, who would like
> >> > > >>> to
> >> > > >>> try
> >> > > >>> this out? Brian
> >> > > >> 
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