Re: [linux] some other social media sites like identi.ca / pump.io

[Ron / BCLUG via linux]

Michael Goguen via linux wrote on 2024-04-02 21:21:

Has anyone here ever heard of some alternative social media services 
like identi dot ca and pump dot io ?


Aren't Mastodon (Twitter alt) and / or Lemmy (Reddit alt) federated 
social media services that have been fairly popular** lately?



I haven't heard identi.ca mentioned in a decade and had no idea they 
used "pump" or even existed.




Any thoughts on these, or how other ones compare?


Never tried any of them, but have landed on some Mastodon posts about 
the xz-utils hack. It seems to have a nice layout.


What's missing is the network effect.



Is this better for an 
online or in person meeting?


I don't think any of the services mentioned support audio / video 
conferencing nor real-time desktop sharing. Could be wrong.



And, how would it even work for in person meetings?


I'm fond of self-hosted Nextcloud instances with the built-in Talk app 
for all the Zoom / Jitsi functionality.





** for some definition of "popular"


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Re: [linux] The Future of Linux User Groups with Stefano Maffulli of OSI

[Ron / BCLUG via linux]

> 11:00am?

Yes, a concession to EST meets CET (I think Central European Time - 
Stefano is in Italy).



Hence the review & discussion followup on Tuesday's meeting at 7pm EST 
for those unable to make it to this event.


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[linux] The Future of Linux User Groups with Stefano Maffulli of OSI

[Ron / BCLUG via linux]

There's an event Friday which will touch on Linux User Groups and 
options available to them in 2024 and beyond.


I thought this might be of interest to members of this LUG.

The meeting will be Friday morning, with follow-up discussion at the 
usual GTALUG meeting on Tuesday. (See https://bclug.ca/tech-meetups/ for 
times and locations.)


Everyone's welcome to attend and contribute questions or thoughts.



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Subject: [GTALUG] This month's meeting: Friday (Tomorrow) AND Tuesday
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 09:21:51 -0500 (EST)
From: t...@gtalug.org
To: Toronto Linux Users Group 

NOTE THE UNIQUE TIMING.

The Future of Linux User Groups and Open Source Advocacy
with Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative

09 February, 2024 at 11:00 AM EST

Big Blue Button - https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl


Join GTALUG and our guest this month, Stefano Maffulli, to discuss the
current state of Linux User Groups and Open Source advocacy, and how
our community can be most effective in the coming years.

Stafano is Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative (OSI,
opensource.org), maintainers of the Open Source Definition, and
involved in ongoing advocacy and community development worldwide.


PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING DATE/TIME. To address timezone and
availability issues, Stefano's live presentation will take place
Friday February 9 at 11:00am Toronto time (16:00 UTC).

A recording of the presentation as well as followup Q will be held
during the usual GTALUG meeting time Tuesday February 13 at 19:30
Toronto time (Feb 14 at 00:30 UTC).

We're going to use Big BLue Button for this meeting:
https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl

Time: February 09th, 2024 11:00 AM Eastern Time

Join us on Big Blue Button: https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl

Location
Big Blue Button - https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl


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