Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
On 2/4/21 6:24 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: I'm a huge fan of setting the meeting password based on the output of the guest speaker's name piped to md5sum. Or in the absence of a guest speaker, we use Rich Hey! It would appear there are two more PLUG meetings going on thanks to the unique jit.si

Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

2021-02-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 4 Feb 2021, Michael Dexter wrote: My thinking was to trust it without a password until a problem. Michael, That seems to now be the default. From what I understand, the first arrival is in charge. I have made a point of arriving early to "hold" it, and my secret is out! That's

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
On 2/4/21 4:02 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: A quick web search found a description of meet.jit.si security @ . I think this addresses both of our concerns. That sure sounds like early Wiki! I do have colleagues looking into setting up an independent server. I'll ask

Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
On 2/4/21 2:44 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: A while ago when I pointed the browser to https://meet.jit.si/ and entered a unique meeting name there was a button to set a password for it. Today there wasn't any password option. The site told me the meeting name was insecure but offered no option to

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-02-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 4 Feb 2021, Rich Shepard wrote: Jitsi had a 'set password' link on the home page when a meeting was set up. I don't know where it went. But, with the password meeting crashers couldn't get in because they were not sent the password. Michael, A quick web search found a description of

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-02-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 4 Feb 2021, Michael Dexter wrote: For the December meeting I had a Zoom meeting standing by as Plan B. Would this be wise should Jitsi be a problem? Attacked by squatters, etc? Michael, Jitsi had a 'set password' link on the home page when a meeting was set up. I don't know where it

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
On 2/4/21 1:58 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: Any and all comments on the lack of audio output and sharing screens other than that of zoom-linux are more than welcome. For the December meeting I had a Zoom meeting standing by as Plan B. Would this be wise should Jitsi be a problem? Attacked by

Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
Rich, My thinking was to trust it without a password until a problem. From what I understand, the first arrival is in charge. I have made a point of arriving early to "hold" it, and my secret is out! Michael On 2/4/21 2:44 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: A while ago when I pointed the browser to

[PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

2021-02-04 Thread Rich Shepard
A while ago when I pointed the browser to https://meet.jit.si/ and entered a unique meeting name there was a button to set a password for it. Today there wasn't any password option. The site told me the meeting name was insecure but offered no option to secure it. What have I missed? Rich

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-02-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: The only way I've been able to know that audio is working is to log in to the meeting on a second machine. There I can hear myself speaking on the other machine, albeit with a delay. It's enough to verify the mic on the first machine is working. It also

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-02-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Ali Corbin wrote: https://zoom.us/test It'll show you your video, so that'll prove that your camera is working. The microphone is harder. You can change it and test it, and see the bars moving to prove that it's getting input. But I haven't found a way to play back the

Re: [PLUG] Tonight! UnPLUG February 2021, You Survived January!

2021-02-04 Thread Vince Winter
I will be there! On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 10:20 AM Michael Dexter wrote: > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement > > Who: You! > What: UnPLUG February 2021, You Survived January! > Where: Online > When: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at 7pm > Why: The pursuit of technology freedom

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Tonight! UnPLUG February 2021, You Survived January!

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Who: You! What: UnPLUG February 2021, You Survived January! Where: Online When: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Let's meet to talk about what you've been working on and what you've learned during

[PLUG] Tonight! UnPLUG February 2021, You Survived January!

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Who: You! What: UnPLUG February 2021, You Survived January! Where: Online When: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Let's meet to talk about what you've been working on and what you've learned during

Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

2021-02-04 Thread Ben Koenig
Which text editor are you using? Different editors have different options so you need to provide more details. -Ben On 2/4/21 8:34 AM, Michael Barnes wrote: On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:21 PM Michael Barnes wrote: I have a couple short text files of quick reference info with links on the

Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

2021-02-04 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:21 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > I have a couple short text files of quick reference info with links on the > desktop of a Raspberry Pi. When I need my memory refreshed, I just double > click the icon and it opens the file in the text editor. Since it is a > small 7"

Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

2021-02-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 4 Feb 2021, Vernon Geiszler wrote: Once you open the file in the text editor, you should be able to do a CTRL-a to select all text and then go to the preferences and change the font size. Vernon, I suspect that works for only GUI text editors. Emacs, joe, nano and other CLI editors

Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

2021-02-04 Thread Vernon Geiszler
Once you open the file in the text editor, you should be able to do a CTRL-a to select all text and then go to the preferences and change the font size. Save. Vernon On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:29 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > > On 2/3/21 4:21 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > > I have a couple short text