You are invited to attend the next ONLINE session, in lieu of our
regular physical face-to-face meeting. Instructions below.
The Saint Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC) is the oldest, longest
enduring, continuously meeting personal computer organization active
in the Greater St. Louis Metro Area.
NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice. Our usual library
reservations for room meetings were cancelled thru 30 June 2020. Room
fees had previously been paid by our sponsoring St. Louis Unix
Users Group (SLUUG).
Face-to-face meeting were usually held on the first Thursday
of every month from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM Central Time, USA. We
hope to maintain that timeline into the future by using ONLINE
sessions. All physical meetings and ONLINE sessions are free and
open to the public.
We have no membership dues or other charges for the meetings. So,
please join us at our next meetings, sessions or other events for
fun, knowledge and networking. All hardware, operating systems and
software are explored.
For those just getting started remotely with JITSI, watch the below
ahead of time, as it seems to be a best short JITSI introduction.
2020-03-17 How to videoconference with Jitsi
[TUTORIAL]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-31LT0zQK4
HOW TO ENTER THE SLACC ONLINE SESSION:
Our ONLINE sessions will use JITSI remote video meeting software
service on a private remote host.
Even if you do not have a camera and microphone, you can ask
questions using the chat box, and you can still hear and see others.
You must access the session using an Internet browser. A Chromium
browser is recommended. Using a Chromium browser seemingly works
better than FireFox. Some use a FireFox browser with seemingly no,
to little problems; however, it tends to disrupt connectivity.
On a PC workstation you shouldn't need to install anything else.
Mobile phones have an app available from 8x8 that works well.
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**Please note that our private JITSI server address changed.**
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The session will use the following link:
ONLINE session using private JITSI remote host video
service.
https://nyx.omnitec.net/StLouisAreaComputerClub
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**Please note that our private JITSI server address changed.**
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We believe that we will have better low bandwidth access
if most everyone turns off their cameras and mutes their
microphones. However, we MIGHT have to begin with starting everyone's
microphone muted anyway. Using the space bar as a sort of "PUSH TO
TALK" should then work very well.
□ Deactivate your camera to help reduce bandwidth problems.
□ Recommend that you immediately mute your microphone upon
entry. You can then use your spacebar as PUSH_TO_TALK.
□ Using the "More actions" selection found at lower right
screen, then go to "Settings" and enter into "Profile" your
first and last name.
As you may know it is our intention to use JITSI video meeting
software with SLACC and NEWLUG online gatherings. This may also be
an acceptable alternative and backup to the ZOOM service that we
have successfully used with the March 2020 STLLUG session. We may
also use JITSI, ZOOM, or yet some other remote service with our
SLUUG sponsored remote sessions.
Some detailed descriptions about the problems with using Firefox:
100% support for Firefox (and other non-Chrome
browsers) #4758
https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758
There MAY be some relief when Firefox version 76 becomes available
from repositories.
SLACC holds a Linux Configuration Workshop when nothing else more
interesting comes up, or when there is no other event or activity
scheduled. Problems with other operating systems and hardware are
also frequently fixed. New software tools are often demonstrated
or discussed. Not being physically present with your hardware will
be a new and challenging experience for us all.
The Linux Workshop is where we usually examine, troubleshoot, fix
and repair difficult hardware and software configuration problems
for Linux newcomers.
Linux is an Internet capable Networking Operating System that
provides many fully functional applications that perform well on
both older and new computers. Most Linux distributions are free
or low cost and provides an extremely reliable and cost effective
alternative to high priced proprietary software.
We want SLUUG to remain the forum for exchanging information about
open standards, open systems, open source, products, services and
architectures.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
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