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nmglug irc channel
by Art Barnes 28 May '21

28 May '21

It still seems like things could shake out either way, but are folks planning on moving the nmglug irc channel to libera.chat or stick it out with freenode? Hackaday has a decent summary for folks out of the loop: https://hackaday.com/2021/05/20/freenode-debacle-prompts-staff-exodus-new-n…

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Meeting tonight?
by Ted Pomeroy 27 May '21

27 May '21

NMGLUGers, I am going to try the virtual meeting link tonight as I am not in readiness for going out. Today this involves some laziness as well as caution about the idea of eating out. However some may be ready to eat out, and that's good, if there is a chance at an in person meetup, those people could let others know. I am not sure how the IRC and Matrix/Element discussion bears on the other two alternatives. So maybe there will be three nodes for NMGLUG. Hope all are well. Thank you, Ted P.

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testing a nmglug room on matrix
by Mark Galassi 27 May '21

27 May '21

I created a room called nmglug on matrix, and sent invites to the individual email addresses who have posted here recently. Feel free to join. The web client is OK if you don't have another client yet. That way we can see how we feel about it.

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Please remove me from this list. I'm retiring.
by Steve Cimelli 27 May '21

27 May '21

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Jitsi question
by Brian O'Keefe 27 May '21

27 May '21

Hello All The thread re: Jitsi/Matrix, etc. brought up a strange (or not) question. I had added jitsi meeting as an extension on chromium. The thread made me want to see if that extension still worked as I hadn't used it in a couple of years. When hovering over the Jitsi icon in my browser I see the description "start Jitsi meeting". That's normal but when I click on it I get 2 options to use google calendar or outlook. Using Calendar I get this. Are Jitsi meetings with a browser this way now and are they still encrypted? Sorry about my stupidity on the subject but I don't want some insecure aspect here. Many, many thanks! Brian --

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Can jitsi show avatar photo?
by LeRoy Diener 25 May '21

25 May '21

Hi NMGLUG folks, I'm wondering if this feature exists in jitsi or if it may be possible to request this feature from the jitsi developers. The feature I'm looking for is the ability to have a photo displayed instead of a letter during the time when the camera is disabled and when there is no screen sharing. The problem with showing a letter is that it seems impersonal and unprofessional. When the internet connection is slow or unreliable, a solution is to turn off the camera. This is a feature which is available on zoom and other video conferencing platforms, but I haven't been able yet to find it on jitsi. I have friends who I've gotten to use jitsi, but some switch back to zoom or something else specifically for this feature. Thanks in advance, LeRoy -- There is something glorious birthing within all of us. (New for 2021) I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/

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Re: [nmglug] (no subject)
by Ted Pomeroy 13 May '21

13 May '21

NMGLugers, Thanks for the heads up, Art. I hope some of us can meet virtually as posted on our website. I can add a little about webcams, which was briefly mentioned last meeting and I would like to hear from somebody about the issues Mark G. raised about tracing crash reports and user reports of "not working" systems. I would guess that system freezes and crashes are a mystery to some of us, but the system logs might be a way to get some clarity. See you tonight. Thank you, Ted P On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 9:15 PM Art Barnes <art(a)pin2.io> wrote: > Hi all – > > > > Fyi, I’ll be missing the next few virtual meetings as I’m following along > with Hackaday’s Antenna short course. Link for the interested: > https://hackaday.io/course/178490-introduction-to-antenna-basics. > Lectures are available free on YouTube after the fact. > > > > Cheers, > > -Art > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > nmglug(a)lists.nmglug.org > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org >

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(no subject)
by Art Barnes 12 May '21

12 May '21

Hi all – Fyi, I’ll be missing the next few virtual meetings as I’m following along with Hackaday’s Antenna short course. Link for the interested: https://hackaday.io/course/178490-introduction-to-antenna-basics. Lectures are available free on YouTube after the fact. Cheers, -Art

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stress test laptop to see if will crash - tips?
by Mark Galassi 08 May '21

08 May '21

I sometimes get reports from my students that the laptops I lend them have started not working. When I get them back I boot them and they seem to be OK. I have gone and run the classic unix "crashme" program to stress them with load and threads and memory access, but they go along nicely. I wonder if anyone has a favorite program to stress the system, disk, display, memory, CPU, ... Display seems important: sometimes the problems I've seen had to do with the video drivers trying to use advanced hardware features that are not well supported.

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[ABQLUG] Monthly meetup is scheduled for this Tueday at 6PM (virtually)
by ABQLUG 03 May '21

03 May '21

Fellow NMGLUGers, The monthly Albuquerque Linux User Group (virtual) meetup is on schedule tomorrow, May 4th 2021 at 6:00 pm. Here is the link you can use to join the virtual meetup: https://live.abqlug.com/MayMeetup If you're going to use a desktop/laptop, all you should need is a modern web browser to join the online meeting. If you are going to use a smartphone, you will want to install the Jitsi-meet app, and then set the Jitsi-meet server to live.abqlug.com. If you would like more information on how to attend the meetup, please visit: https://www.abqlug.com/attendee/ Tests can be performed here: https://test.webrtc.org/ If you're having issues using a microphone or camera, you might have to make sure that WebRTC is enabled in your browser if you have "locked down" your browser. If WebRTC is working, you should be able to complete a Microphone and Camera test. The meetup will likely end around 8pm or before. ~ Jared

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