Preparing for the Video Chat meeting on 23 January 2014

[LP]

Thanks, I was there.


On 2 January 2014 13:07, Seb Lemery <seblemery at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tinychat.com
> On Jan 2, 2014 1:01 PM, "LP" <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tiny Chat, tiny chat & tinychat does not appear in Ubuntu Software ?
>>
>>
>> On 2 January 2014 10:08, Seb Lemery <seblemery at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Skype is good, but have you considered tinychat? You can login with
>>> google, facebook and just as a guest.
>>> On Jan 2, 2014 3:13 AM, "Bob Jonkman" <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Happy New Year Everybodeee!
>>>>
>>>> At the last IRC meeting in November we came up with the idea to try a
>>>> Video Chat[1] for our next meeting on Thursday, 23 January 2014.
>>>>
>>>> But what video chat software should we use?
>>>>
>>>> The Ubuntu Developer Summit meetings use Google Hangouts. But that's not
>>>> FAIF software, and requires people to have a Google Plus account.
>>>>
>>>> José Antonio Rey (LoCo Council member from Peru!) and I tried to video
>>>> chat over the open standards XMPProtocol (I used the Jitsi application
>>>> from https://jitsi.org/; don't know what José used). We could see each
>>>> other, but didn't get sound to work. But given a bit more time, that
>>>> could be fixed. The Jitsi demo of a video chat looks pretty impressive:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-YGw3bgB_s
>>>>
>>>> There's the open source Big Blue Button http://bigbluebutton.org/
>>>> although that looks like it's intended for a classroom more than a video
>>>> chat.
>>>>
>>>> And, of course, there's Skype and Facebook, but both of those are
>>>> non-FAIF and require accounts on their services.
>>>>
>>>> Skype: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/
>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/videocalling
>>>>
>>>> So, over the next week let me know what your preferred video chat
>>>> software is. I'll tally up the results next Friday (10 January).
>>>>
>>>> 1st choice = 3 points
>>>> 2nd choice = 2 points
>>>> 3rd choice = 1 point
>>>>
>>>> Choose from:
>>>>   Google Hangouts
>>>>   XMPP (Jitsi, Pidgin, Empathy, & other apps should interoperate)
>>>>   Big Blue Button
>>>>   Skype
>>>>   Facebook Video Calling
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Once we've picked the  video chat software maybe the local chapters
>>>> could hold an Ubuntu Hour. That would give people a chance to iron out
>>>> any kinks with the software.
>>>>
>>>> We can discuss the video chat on the Ubuntu-ca mailing list. The list is
>>>> a great place to ask for help if you can't get your webcam or microphone
>>>> working, or need help installing software. If you're not already on the
>>>> Ubuntu-ca mailing list you can join at
>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
>>>>
>>>> I'm sending this message to several Ubuntu chapter mailing lists as well
>>>> as the Launchpad Ubuntu-ca membership, so please pardon me if you should
>>>> get this multiple times.
>>>>
>>>> See you all online!
>>>> --Bob, who wonders if Chat Roulette is still a thing...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] "ACTION: Schedule a video chat for Ubuntu Canada"
>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2013/2013-11-28#line-48
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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