[HLUG] March Virtual HLUG meetup

[Julian Robbins]

Hi Pete

Hope you 're keeping well.

Did you manage to use Jitsi.meet in the end? Its a pretty good system to
use and worked pretty well for us during the HLUG Virtual meets, so should
be fine for you and your group.

Julian

On Thu, 14 May 2020 at 10:00, pl via Herefordshire <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Jools
>
> I Have been invited to a Zoom meeting Friday morning and have challenged
> the use of Zoom. As usual this means I have been tasked with setting up
> and briefing the others on use of Jitsi.
>
> Problem is, I don't have basics needed to set up our own server (poor
> bandwidth here) and the easy in entry level page on the Jitsi site is
> just a blank page with no content (https://meet.jit.si) so I'm stuck.
>
> Is there a way this can be done using the set up you used for the hlug
> meets ? Or do you have a local version of the noddy guide I can refer to
> in the hope the actual service is still running ?
>
> Mind the Gap
>
> Pete H@
>
>
> On 24/03/20 20:00, Julian Robbins via Herefordshire wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Hope you're keeping safe and well.
> >
> > We will be trying a virtual meetup tomorrow night or Weds at 7.30pm
> here:-
> >
> > https://meet.jit.si/hlug
> >
> > It's all open source, works really well and nice and easy to use. If you
> > have a laptop with mic and webcam all the better but there is also
> another
> > means to call in too if required.
> >
> >
> > So we can chat about Linux and open source as usual and forgot about all
> > the rest of the stuff going on in the world for a while..
> >
> > Hope we can have a really good turnout tomorrow.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Julian
> >
> > Original post below contains notes on how you join our meeting.
> >
> > A number of other LUGs across the country are trying virtual LUG meetups.
> >
> > I think this will be a great idea for those that may have to self isolate
> > or just want to still be involved and wish to chat about Linux and Open
> > Source and would like to carry on with our meetings semi normally.
> >
> > It also means that for some of our members who can't normally get to
> > Hereford in the week on a Wednesday can join us all from their laptop,
> > desktop or phone.
> >
> > I've decided that we will use *Jitsi * <http://jitsi.org/>which is an
> > excellent, fully featured Open Source application, that is easy to use,
> > works really well and is available for lots of different platforms.
> >
> > To join us next week, please visit:-
> >
> > https://meet.jit.si/hlug
> >
> > You do NOT need to create an account, you just link the link. Best to
> > install the app beforehand or just visit the URL using your browser if
> > you're lazy.
> >
> > The chatroom is already created and open if you'd like to give it a try.
> > I'll be there later on tonight if you want to say hello
> >
> > Incidentally, as this is a free service, we can just meet whenever we
> want,
> > it doesn't have to be at a designated time or day. It's just better that
> we
> > set a meeting time as usual to get as many members involved. If a couple
> of
> > members are around at same time in the day tomorrow, next week or next
> > month and want a chat, then please just pop in say hello and see who's
> > about.
> >
> > Julian
>
>
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