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[Duncan McGreggor <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

cc'ing Jorge Castro from Canonical (who will be at the conference...
and maybe the summit?).

Jorge, question below on how to deal with Webex on Ubuntu and limited
time/people resources.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Stefano Maffulli <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 04/11/2012 02:52 PM, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
>> We're not yet sure to be able to offer this. Wait for an official
>> communication.
>
> Here is a brief update regarding the live streaming situation.
>
> Here is the good news:
>
> Cisco kindly offered http://openstack.webex.com. If you get there you'll
> see some meetings setup for the days of the Summit, one meeting per each
> day, per room.
>
> Zareason kindly offered 9 computers to be put in each room, connected to
> the audio equipment available there. Each of Zareason's PC will act as a
> 'robot-presenter' for Webex.
>
> The good news stop here.
>
> There is bad news: at least 6 of the zareason PCs run 64bit systems, and
> 64bit Java on Linux is not compatible with Webex (audio issues). Two of
> the remaining computers may be too slow to run Webex (I haven't tested
> them).
>
> Possible solutions:
>
> - offer live streaming only from 3 rooms (at best, only one at worst)
> (which ones?)
> - spend a few hours on Sunday wiping out the 6 machines and put 32 bit
> systems on

What about running on a LiveCD? You should be able to install Webex,
as long as the file system is mounted.

Jorge, is that correct? It's been a while since I've used LiveCD.

d

>    - is there a simpler hack to run 32bit Java on 64bit Ubuntu 11.10
> systems?
>    - these hours will have to be on top of the hours necessary to setup
> the rooms, make sure that audio capture really works with the hotel's
> audio system etc
> - give to session leaders the honor/burden to run Webex sessions from
> their own laptops (given how Webex conferencing works, it may be nearly
> impossible)
>
> Other ideas? I'm inclined to go with the simplest option, #1. Unless
> many (more than 10) people reply to this message asking me to provide
> full coverage of the event, I'd go with it. For the other options, I'd
> ask for somebody else to take the lead: that means, helping wipe and
> install the machines, install java, test them and install them. I'll be
> glad to provide all support needed.
>
> Let me know asap, so I can plan the weekend.
> stef