One quick correction: I somehow managed to mangle the date in the original subject line. The date as stated in the actual message is correct: 2021-12-03 (Friday) - 2021-12-05 (Sunday)
Am 16.11.21 um 18:19 schrieb Stefan Baur: > Dear $ALL, > > As stated in the subject line, X2Go: The Gathering 2021 - AKA "Over > 9000!" - will be an entirely virtual event and will take place from > Friday afternoon, 2021-12-03, to Sunday afternoon/evening, 2021-12-05. > > If you're wondering what the “Over 9000!” is about, take a look at > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Over_9000!> and at > <https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/478220a4c454480e823b17327b2bf1d4>, > especially the box titled “COVID-19-Fälle” (active Covid-19 cases), > which is way over 9000. > > Under normal conditions, X2Go: The Gathering would be the annual event > where users, admins, and developers (including the i18n volunteers) of > X2Go, as well as members from the Arctica project and the orca e.V. > nonprofit meet face to face, to discuss current X2Go-related issues, fix > open bugs, and have a good time getting to know each other. > > Sadly, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this year's X2Go: The > Gathering will have to remain entirely virtual. > > Due to various reasons, we were unable to schedule the event earlier in > the year, where Covid-19 infection numbers were lower and where meeting > outside or keeping the windows open all day might have worked, so we're > stuck with this late event date, which sadly coincides with the fourth > Covid-19 wave here in Germany. > > This means we will be meeting via Jitsi and we will be live-streaming > the event via YouTube. Links to the streams will be posted on > <http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/events:x2go-gathering-2021> each day > before the stream begins. > > You can join in any time, even on short notice, no sign-up required. > > We will be updating the Wiki page > <http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/events:x2go-gathering-2021> as more > information becomes available - especially the schedule, which is > currently still in the works. > > We plan to release (at least) three new features for X2Go at or at least > shortly after this year's X2Go: The Gathering, namely: > - the HTML5 client > - server-side X2Go-KDrive support, and > - X2Go support in Remmina. > > The former two are currently already available via nightly builds, but > we intend to declare them stable and turn them into a proper release. > The latter should become available with the next Remmina release. > Also, we intend to present the current state of X2Go-TCE on the > Raspberry Pi. > > If time permits (and the individuals required for this are available for > it), we will also attempt to move our bugtracker and git to our own > gitlab instance (at least for new bugs). > > As this year's event is an entirely virtual event, there is not really a > need for event sponsorships. > > However, if you're a company that had planned to sponsor the event, we'd > appreciate it if you'd redirect the money to some paid work on X2Go > instead. > > A list of companies/individuals available for this can be found > here: <https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:professional-support> > > If you're not sure what to sponsor - while the features already > mentioned above are ready to be included in a stable release, they could > still use some more love and affection. > > For example: > - The HTML5 and Remmina clients don't support file and printer > sharing yet > - The HTML5 client also lacks sound support > - The HTML5 client only works with KDrive, not "classic" X2Go-NX > (to be honest, NX inside HTML5 doesn't really make sense since we are > about to release KDrive as stable, but if you feel you have a good > reason for it, let us know ...) > - Remmina only works with "classic" X2Go-NX, not KDrive, and only on a > client that still supports X11 (even though Remmina in general also > works on a Wayland-only client) -> KDrive support would require a > shared library for KDrive, either written in GTK or with more low > level rendering toolskits (e.g. Glib-2.0 and Cairo, etc.). > - KDrive probably needs some more work on the Windows (and possibly > macOS) Client side. > - X2Go-TCE on the Pi, while functional in general, still has some > untested areas and is a little rough around the edges. > - Also, we have been contacted once again regarding USB forwarding > support in X2Go, so anyone interested in co-sponsoring this feature > should speak up or at least contact me off-list - maybe we can get a > co-sponsoring going, lowering the cost for all parties involved. > > And of course, you can also make donations, either in general or > specifically earmarked for X2Go, via orca e.V. > > The entire schedule, save for the time and date of the orca e.V. meeting > on Sunday, is still in a state of flux. We may move some presentations > to a Saturday slot, depending on the availability of the speakers > involved. If you would like to present something, please contact me via > E-Mail (<mailto:x2go-m...@baur-itcs.de>) and let me know the title of > your presentation/talk, the expected duration and the times you would be > available. Of course, you can also pre-record your presentation/talk if > you want, but you will have to upload it to YouTube yourself and let us > know the link (it may be unlisted, but must not be marked "private"). > > Sincerely, > Stefan Baur, "X2Go: The Gathering" event organizer > > PS: Please heed the "reply-to" when replying, and make sure your reply > gets sent only to <mailto:x2go-m...@baur-itcs.de>, as this message is > sent to multiple X2Go mailing lists at once (and it is likely you are > not subscribed to all of them, so your replies would clog up the > moderation queue for the others). > > > _______________________________________________ > x2go-announcements mailing list > x2go-announcements@lists.x2go.org > https://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-announcements > -- BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Geschäftsführer: Stefan Baur Eichenäckerweg 10, 89081 Ulm | Registergericht Ulm, HRB 724364 Fon/Fax 0731 40 34 66-36/-35 | USt-IdNr.: DE268653243 _______________________________________________ x2go-announcements mailing list x2go-announcements@lists.x2go.org https://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-announcements
