Mumble anyone? seems to work very well. is FLOSS, mike On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Sam Tuke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all, this Saturday Free Software activists will determine the easiest > ways of chatting using Free Software audio and video programs. We'll be > testing out a variety of applications, including Pidgin, Empathy, and > Kopete. > > The core group of testers will be in Madlab Hackerspace in Manchester, but > *anyone can participate* - join the #FSFE IRC channel on Freenode to find > people to test chatting with, and see what still needs testing (email > [email protected] if you need help getting access to IRC). > > The aim is to publish the results as a compatibility chart that will show > at a > glance the easiest way to chat. As many Free Software users still use Skype > due to confusion surrounding Free Software alternatives, our research will > hopefully be very useful to a variety of individuals and organisations. > > *Activity outline* > > - Testing takes place on 15.09.12 at 14.00-17.00 UK time (15.00-18.00 CEST) > - Use a grid of Free Software chat programs for collecting our findings > - Test as many chat clients as possible (eg. Pidgin, Psi) > - For each combination of programs test whether voice chat and video > works (people without webcams can still test voice chat) > > *Optional additional tests* > > - Try connecting to other people at madlab, and also try > connecting to people in other countries > - Test the Free Software clients with different operating > systems if people bring them installed on laptops > - Test different versions of chat clients (not just the latest release) > > *Requirements* > > - Bring your own laptop (some older laptops will be available to borrow) > - Your laptop should have either a built in microphone, a separate > microphone, > or mic headset > > *Optional Requirements* > > - Built in, or stand-alone webcam > > Three separate Free Software and GNU/Linux groups will be meeting in > MadLab on > Saturday: Manchester FSFE Fellowship Group, Manchester Free Software, and > ManLUG. Other activities will likely be available in addition to chat > testing, > so feel free to come along and see what you fancy. > > MadLab event page: > http://madlab.org.uk/content/fsfe-manchester-free-software- > and-manlug/ > > "See" you there (one way or another :) ), > > Sam. > -- > Sam Tuke > Campaign Manager > Free Software Foundation Europe > IM : [email protected] > Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org > Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org <http://flossk.org>Saving wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world http://fosm.org Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3
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