This week is IETF107, but no in-person meeting only virtual.
So for the first time I would benefit from a Jabber client on my Fedora30 system (Webex on Fedora is pretty bad, I will probably have to use my Win10 system for the video).
I see that there is pidgen, but what else?
The Jabber for IETF announce is found at:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/107all/sb8GQn0x4p4_MmvSCzJ_qWtZE78/
Thanks!
On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 21:13 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I see that there is pidgen, but what else?
I always found pidgin to be the best instant messenger. Simple, small GUI that didn't take over your entire screen with crap. And you could turn off all the crap that others tried to use in their messages (like unreadable fonts in unreadable colours).
thanks!
On 3/22/20 10:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 21:13 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I see that there is pidgen, but what else?
I always found pidgin to be the best instant messenger. Simple, small GUI that didn't take over your entire screen with crap. And you could turn off all the crap that others tried to use in their messages (like unreadable fonts in unreadable colours).
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:29:34 -0400 Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
thanks!
On 3/22/20 10:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 21:13 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I see that there is pidgen, but what else?
I always found pidgin to be the best instant messenger. Simple, small GUI that didn't take over your entire screen with crap. And you could turn off all the crap that others tried to use in their messages (like unreadable fonts in unreadable colours).
I have not used pidgin for a really long time, but can it do video and audio? There used to be something called jitsi (and I am not sure that it is OSS) but I have never used it.
Ranjan
On 3/23/20 9:09 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:29:34 -0400 Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
thanks!
On 3/22/20 10:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 21:13 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I see that there is pidgen, but what else?
I always found pidgin to be the best instant messenger. Simple, small GUI that didn't take over your entire screen with crap. And you could turn off all the crap that others tried to use in their messages (like unreadable fonts in unreadable colours).
I have not used pidgin for a really long time, but can it do video and audio? There used to be something called jitsi (and I am not sure that it is OSS) but I have never used it.
I only need chatting from Jabber.
The IETF has used Jabber for a very long time. We have our on conferencing software, Meetecho, but it is designed for broadcasting a live meeting with remote user participation. It was not uncommon for attendees to be physically in one session and following another in Meetecho and asking questions via Jabber to that session's Jabber Scribe.
For this IETF, they are using WebEX. Its chat is considered limited and Jabber is being recommended for submitting questions to the chairs and presenters.
We also have our own Etherpad for note takers. Multiple note takes are supported.
I see Pidgin is actually already installed. So now I need to connect it to the IETF Jabber servers.
If you want to "see me" join the Wednesday DRIP session (Drone Remote ID Protocol, the IETF has a reputation of having fun with workgroup names). I am presenting my Crowd Sourced Remote ID protocol.
take care.
On 3/22/20 6:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
So for the first time I would benefit from a Jabber client on my Fedora30 system (Webex on Fedora is pretty bad, I will probably have to use my Win10 system for the video).
I use webex at work on Fedora and it generally works fine. My group has only used screen sharing, but a coworker has used the video conferencing and it seems to work as well.
On 3/23/20 6:37 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 3/22/20 6:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
So for the first time I would benefit from a Jabber client on my Fedora30 system (Webex on Fedora is pretty bad, I will probably have to use my Win10 system for the video).
I use webex at work on Fedora and it generally works fine. My group has only used screen sharing, but a coworker has used the video conferencing and it seems to work as well.
I could see some material fine, but when some participants shared their desktop, I saw a blank screen while others saw the content.
I switched over to my Win10 system with the WebEx app and I also saw the material. So I gave up on my Fedora system for now.
The fun part is that IETF has an Etherpad for joint note taking. It runs over port 9009 which is blocked on the firewall zone that my Win10 system is on. The Fedora system's firewall zone is just fine with port 9009. I am not going to bother to fix this for this week of IETF virtual meetings. If we are still looking to be virtual for the July meeting (in-person in Madrid), then I will spend some time prior getting things working better.
Fun had by some. Or all had some fun, few had all fun. :)
thanks