[Nottingham] [Talk] *TODAY* Thursday 7:30pm 26/03/2020: Going Virtual!

[Martin]

Folks,

That was a good session. Good to see/hear various of you all :-)

And ok... So I need to sort out a working webcam!!!!

Jitsi looks to be a good way to go and https://meet.jit.si/ worked well.
Will try installing the software: All by the power of FLOSS.


Stay safe folks and stay online!

Cheers,
Martin



On 26/03/2020 19:37, J J wrote:
> Use:
> Chromium, Chrome or Firefox (in that order or preference)
> I'm in the room, Martin is trying to join.
> Use the menu in the bottom right to drop your video quality (second option)
> 
> J.
> 
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 19:33, Martin via Nottingham
> <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Folks,
> 
>     Jason and myself are giving
> 
>     https://meet.jit.si/NLUGmeet01
> 
>     a try... With very laggy results...
> 
> 
>     If joining us, please set to use minimum bandwidth!
> 
>     The selection is at the bottom right and then select "Manage video
>     quality" for low bandwidth.
> 
> 
>     Good luck!
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Martin
> 
> 
>     > We'll be giving the https://meet.jit.si/ a try for a virtual meet...
>     >
>     > Get yer equipment, beers, brews, snacks at the ready!
>     >
>     > Note, this is all untested so... All good fun! Further details on the
>     > maillist to follow.
>     >
>     >
>     > One virtual meeting from the BCS that I'll mention is:
>     >
>     > Business continuity planning | Digitally coping in times of crisis
>     > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNgwdt9h_Pk
>     >
>     > There's some good comment in there but all oh so slow! Hopefully, for
>     > those interested, my TLDR summary will be meaningfully faster :-)
>     >
>     > And... Anything and everything else!
>     >
>     >
>     > Join us soon:
>     >
>     > 7:30pm Thursday 26/03/2020
>     > ==========================
>     >
>     > (Joining details to follow.)
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > Martin
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >> I'm sure you've all been 'informed' in various ways all about the
>     newly
>     >> prominent virus SARS-CoV-2 and the resultant COVID-19.
>     >>
>     >> See: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
>     >>
>     >> And the source data that has prompted the present UK 'stay-at-home'
>     >> quarantining can be found for a rather disturbing read on:
>     >>
>     >> Modelling by Imperial College London
>     >>
>     https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Hence, now is the time for us to sample the wonder of FLOSS for going
>     >> for our first *virtual* meeting!
>     >>
>     >> There's lots to see and discuss!! ;-) :-) :-)
>     >>
>     >> For ease of access, I'm looking at throwing together something to
>     >> support a webRTC virtual meeting so that y'all can connect with
>     merely a
>     >> webcam and a web browser. (If anyone has a willing big internet
>     uplink,
>     >> I'm very happy for the bandwidth ;-) :-) )
>     >>
>     >> Watch the list for details!
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Hopefully you've already got your supply of beverages to hand!! :-)
>     >>
>     >> Stay safe,
>     >>
>     >> Cheers,
>     >> Martin
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> FLOSS: Free/Libre Open Source Software
>     >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software#FLOSS
>     >>
>     >> SARS-CoV-2:
>     >>
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2
>     >>
>     >> COVID-19:
>     >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019