[Lilug] [Lilug-si-sig] No physical LILUG meeting tomorrow. Let's experiment.

[odinson at warcloud.net]

Hello all

 	Damn.  I'm so close to a free (as in freedom) video conferencing 
solution for us.  Solved a half dozen problems but still 2 or three to go. 
Keep an eye on the mailing list.  Some time this week I'm going to need 
peeps to help me stress test it.  I'll set a date and a time and address 
to give it a run.

 	Hang in there.

Matt

On Mon, 11 May 2020, odinson at warcloud.net wrote:

> Hello All
>
> 	Well the end of the world continues.  It's a slow motion thing.  I 
> always thought it would be more welding and screaming and toplessness. 
> Instead our domiciles have all been turned into low budget space capsules. 
> Trying to scrub things clean with limited paper goods.  Mowing your lawn in 
> snowstorms.  Ya know, living the dream.
>
>        But one thing about free time and low budget, it screams open source. 
> There is plenty to talk about in the open source space.  We can't meet in 
> person.  I don't want to.  Not to mention the whole 'infection capital of the 
> world' thing.
>
> 	Naturally we can and will revisit this for June's meeting.  I'm OK 
> with meeting in person with masks if it's safer.  And by safer I don't mean 
> scientifically, or legally, or politically, but some combo of obviousness.
>
> 	There is some justified fear that this lack of meetings will kill 
> groups, all groups, that meet in person.  It should be video conferencing, 
> even though it's buggy (dropped packets, creepy tracking) and I hate it. Been 
> working on a less buggy, less creepy, open source solution, but I'm not quite 
> there.  (maybe tomorrow?)  Hence my delay in writing this. I've had some 
> breakthroughs and I'm almost there so it's entirely possible that I will or 
> will not write the list with a URL this week.  I'm motivated, don't like 
> being anyone's lackey, including being cut off.
>
> Here's my thinking on this.
>
> 	Any virtual meetings this week shouldn't official.
> 	Anybody can hit us with a possible video conference so long as it's 
> not crappy or creepy.
> 	Whatever it is, it should at least be pseudo-anonymous
> (labels/titles/screennames are not required to be verified w/real data.)
> 	Lets try whatever,whenever and see what works.
> 	It should work on Linux, duh.  Don't be insulting.
> 	Freedom and privacy over quality.
> 	No hurt feelings for sunk time or don't bother (including me)
>
> Let's experiment.  Post your credential process and URLs at will lets 
> experiment this week.
>
> Matt
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Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net
A.S. in Computer Science, SUNY Farmingdale
My weekly podcast, The Technocrat Live.  http://www.thetechnocratlive.com
President and founder of LILUG;  president at lilug.org, http://www.lilug.org
My theory; Psychopaths precede the conscience, http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com
Scifi book; "Thicker Than Blood"  http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com
My maker blog; "The modness", http://themodness.wordpress.com
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes  (I fear my enemies most when they bring me gifts)
 	-- Virgil , Aeneid, II. 49.
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