Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

[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 "authentication".


Click from the site or email!

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Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

[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 true. And the meeting name disappears after the last person logs off.

Make each meeting's name unique so it's not easily captured by bad actors
and it should be okay.

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Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

[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 the PLUG ISP if it's on their radar.

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Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

[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 secure it.

What have I missed?


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!

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Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

[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 meet.jit.si security @
. I think this addresses both of our concerns.

Rich


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Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

[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 went. But, with the password meeting crashers couldn't
get in because they were not sent the password.

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Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

[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 squatters, etc?

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Re: [PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

[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 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
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[PLUG] Jitsi meeting password

[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
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Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

[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 helps confirm the video is doing what
it's supposed to be doing when sharing a screen.


Dick,

Do you schedule a meeting for yourself to do this testing?

If so I'll set one up and try using two instances of zoom-linux (with a
headset on, not using the webcam's microphone or the external speakers).
I need to learn what screen share shows and how to take it down when
finished.

Regards,

Rich

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Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

[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 sound to make sure that it's not garbled.


Ali,

I checked my headset (the Yamaha CM500, the only one working now) with
pavucontrol. The input VU bar bounced with the radio in the background and
my voice. The output tab showed the headphones selected.

Using that URL in firefox I selected Zoom as the device and confirmed that
the camera and headset worked; I could hear myself speaking as I looked at
the camera's output on the screen.

Now I'd like to learn how to test video and audio using zoom-linux. Should I
set up a meeting and be the only one to log in? What I want also to learn is
if I could use the screen share on small windows to display them at
appropriate times during my presentation.

I suppose there's a web site somewhere with that information and I'll be
sesarching for it this afternoon.

Stay well,

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

[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
>
> Let's meet to talk about what you've been working on and what you've
> learned during this unique year.
>
> https://meet.jit.si/pdxlinux
>
> PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its
> mailing lists or at its meetings.
>
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[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Tonight! UnPLUG February 2021, You Survived January!

[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 this unique year.


https://meet.jit.si/pdxlinux

PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its 
mailing lists or at its meetings.


PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/
Follow PLUG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pdxlinux

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

[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 this unique year.


https://meet.jit.si/pdxlinux

PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its 
mailing lists or at its meetings.


PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/
Follow PLUG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pdxlinux

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Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

[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
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" screen, I'd like this to open in a large font making it easier to
see. I don't know if there is a setting someplace or a switch I can add to
the launcher to do this.

Ideas appreciated.

Michael



I guess I need to clarify this. I have a Raspberry Pi with a 7" touchscreen
in a mobile environment. I have several small text files of checklists and
quick reference information I occasionally have to look at real quick. I
just double tap the file on the screen to look at it then close it. My
problem is it is fairly small. I'd like it to come up larger making it easy
to read in a quick glance. No additional keystrokes or gymnastics or other
formats. Just double tap the text file on the desktop, read it, close it.

Thanks,
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Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

[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" screen, I'd like this to open in a large font making it easier to
> see. I don't know if there is a setting someplace or a switch I can add to
> the launcher to do this.
>
> Ideas appreciated.
>
> Michael
>
>
I guess I need to clarify this. I have a Raspberry Pi with a 7" touchscreen
in a mobile environment. I have several small text files of checklists and
quick reference information I occasionally have to look at real quick. I
just double tap the file on the screen to look at it then close it. My
problem is it is fairly small. I'd like it to come up larger making it easy
to read in a quick glance. No additional keystrokes or gymnastics or other
formats. Just double tap the text file on the desktop, read it, close it.

Thanks,
Michael
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Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

[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 don't use the CUA keyboard chords.

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Re: [PLUG] Large Print Text

[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 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" screen, I'd like this to open in a large font making it easier
> to
> > see. I don't know if there is a setting someplace or a switch I can add
> to
> > the launcher to do this.
>
> Sometimes this can be accomplished via environment variables. I'm not
> aware of any that can influence font sizes but I know that your problem
> is typically identified as a "High DPI" issue and dealt with slightly
> differently. If your text editor is Qt5 based, you can use a few
> different variables to tell the app that the display is high DPI, and it
> will scale everything accordingly.
>
>
> QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR
>
> QT_SCALE_FACTOR
>
>
> Using kwrite as an example
>
> QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2 kwrite reference.txt
>
>
> Will result in kwrite rendering twice as large as normal. This means
> font sizes are increased as well.  I'm sure GTK has an equivalent option
> I just don't know what it is.
>
>
>
> > Ideas appreciated.
> >
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