[Klug-general] First Virtual Kent LUG Meeting

[Sharon Kimble]

On Saturday 15 July 2006 13:54, Alan Pope wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 01:29:50PM +0100, Colin_The_Technician wrote:
> > The first Virtual Kent Linux User Group Meeting is planned for this
> > Sunday (16th July) starting at 9pm.  Most wives and girlfriends will
> > probably be watching the Kyle Minogue interview on Sky One so you will be
> > free.  We will use Skype to hold the virtual meeting.  Skype
> > conference calls are limited to 5 people, which is more than enough
> > for a group conversation which is what the Virtual Meeting will
> > essentially be. It does mean however that taking part will be on a
> > first come first served basis and as Colin and Dan are already signed
> > up there's only three spaces left.
>
> Of course you *could* use IRC for your virtual meeting. It has the
> advantage that it's automatically logged by most clients, allows people to
> walk away from the screen and still log what's happening so they can come
> back and join in, it's considerabley lower bandwidth, allows more
> people in, makes it easy to past URLs that can both be clicked and logged,
> works for people where there is no version of Skype available (i.e. I could
> join using Putty on my mobile phone - not kidding - I *do* do this).
>
> There's also the side that Skype is non-Free. :)
>
> There is an irc server on lug.org.uk called irc.lug.org.uk. Feel free to
> open your irc client (xchat, bitchx, irssi for examples) and connect to the
> above named server. Create a channel of your choice by joining it,
> publicise it, and off you go.
>
This has my vote as I can use it, and for some reason I can't use skype. IRC 
is very easy to use with xchat :)

Sharon.
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