------------------------------- Wed May 15 06:28:37 PM EDT 2024 ------------------------------- Transcript of Chat box from BLU meeting, Wed, Apr 17. 2024 Meeting held online via Jitsi Meet In attendance (20 total): Speaker(s): * Dick Miller * Jill Miller BLU officers: * John Abreau * Jerry Feldman * Bill Ricker Attendees (named): * Brandon Vogel * Brendan Kidwell * Edward Piecewicz * Jon "maddog" Hall * Randy Cole * Zachary Liebl Attendees (anonymous): * Bill * Brian * Ed F * ie * Jonathan * Michael I * Randall * Randy C * sharif ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Same with KDE, deleting/adding BT devices constantly. 😠 18:32 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:Ed: I've now had both Windows and Android tell me the headset has speakers but no mic. Android I had to reboot. Windows I had to delete and re-add. so annoying. this noise canceling headset wasn't available with a fully wired configuration when I bought it. :^( Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:(not looking for solutions; just grumbling) 18:38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:I have two noise-cancelling BT headsets, both from Creative. SB EVO (discontinued) and SB JAM V2 (SB=Sound Blaster). 18:39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:this one is Bose. the noise canceling function works well for city sounds. doesn't remove it but makes it less aggrivating. 18:40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall says:Is there a way to join this meeting by phone? 18:40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:Randall there are free Android and IOS apps, but I don't think Jitsi has a free plain old telephone service bridge anymore 18:41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Yes Jerry Feldman says:Dial-in: +1.512.647.1431 PIN: 1291 6379 58# 18:41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:oh good 18:41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall says:Thanks. I will keep trying and maybe my audio w=ill work at some point. If not, next month. 18:41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:I'm using the JAM V2 tonight. 18:43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall says:Jerry's phone link worked, will note that down. 18:44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:There are issues with BT and KDE Plasma 6 that they have yet to work out. 18:44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:randall we heard on the audio "connecting to your meeting; please wait". do you have a mic open, on the computer you thought had no audio? make sure you mute it 18:44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:I'll add the phone number to the messages I send out Jerry Feldman says:Is ie Arnold 18:45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall says:Mic is muted I'm not sure how the sound was audible to you 18:46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jill Miller says:Randall, sound stopped when you muted a short time ago. 18:46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:just now you muted the mic on the connection called "randall" and all of our background noise went away. thanks. Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:also no one is talking out loud :^) 18:46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:I muted it. Lots of noise in the background and you were the only one not muted. 18:46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall says:Does BLU have any resources for helping people to set up Ubuntu? I've been using Ubuntu for a while but feel deeply ignorant and have no idea where to go to to learn how to fix the slew of problems I experience every day on Ubuntu (they happen no matter what machine I install Ubuntu on) 18:47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall says:Sorry for being unmuted, it was my fault 18:48 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall says:I'm going to try speaking from my dial-in but I don't know how to unmute that 18:56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon "maddog" Hall Jon "maddog" Hall says:I am going to use a makerlab that is housed in the Amherst, NH Middle School which is supported by the Amherst Parks and Recreation 18:58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:👍 18:59 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon "maddog" Hall says:Have you guys ever had a table at the MIT Flea Market? 19:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Once. 19:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon "maddog" Hall says:How long ago? 19:01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- me says:I'm pretty sure it was back in the 1990s 19:01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Many years. I think it was with Bill Ricker. 19:01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon "maddog" Hall says:We used to have a table at the Rochester, NH Ham Fest Jon "maddog" Hall says:We could burn DVDs of different distros for people and sell them for the cost of the DVDs 19:02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:I recall Ubuntu used to have a table at some of the NH computer shows in the 00's. 19:03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:I tried to get the Mass Ubuntu LoCo to work with the MIT Swapmeet 19:03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jill Miller says:Not that many folks have DVD readers on their computers these days! 19:03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Or thumb drives 19:03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon "maddog" Hall says:@Jerry No USB ports? 19:04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jill Miller says:time is 19:04 19:05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:We used to have reps from Canonical at our installfests. And, at one time I think Federico (canonical at the time) bought the Pizzas 19:05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:Best time I had repping Ubuntu was the time Anime Boston gave us a vendors table gratis. We raised funds and had copies of the open-license Ubuntu Manga comic printed to give away along with boot CD/DVDs. 19:06 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:Well, Jill lets Dick think he runs MMC 19:07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:I bought a copy of MMC Forth from Dick & Jill from the back of a magazine ad, more decades ago than any of us would like to admit Bill Ricker says:er, MMS 19:09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:I was at Raytheon and we ended up with Forth Inc. Jerry Feldman says: TheMillers@millermicro.com 19:12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:SooC = Straight out of the Camera 19:14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon "maddog" Hall says:I have to go pick up my husband at the bus station, but I will watch the recording later. Nice to meet the Millers! 19:17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Ok, see you later 19:17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker Bill Ricker says:For Blue screen, start Windows ! 19:20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman Jerry Feldman says:RE: Forth. I ported figforth to my Apple II. 19:57 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy C Randy C says:[ot] Cant stand colbert 20:07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Anyone know how to hide the jitsi info bar. Usually it auto hides then stops hiding. 20:21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Moving the mouse to the top of the screen will hide it. 20:22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:But it stays on-screen if the chat is open. 20:22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Thanks. 20:23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brandon Vogel says:Thanks, Dick! 21:04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Thank you Dick. 21:04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- meeting ended at 9:07 pm