====== X2Go: The Spread 2023 - You (K)Drive Me Krazy! ======

**This is the replacement event for X2Go: The Gathering 2023, which could not take place due to the Covid-19 pandemic and scheduling conflicts.**

**Location:** 100% online

**Date:** 2023-12-10 for the orca e.V. meeting, expect 2023-12-11 to 2023-12-15 for the actual "The Spread" event

**Event type:** orca e.V. meeting on Sunday at 11:00 CET, followed by 5 evenings (starting at 20:00 CET) with one or two short talks/presentations/demos per day, around 20-30 minutes each, followed by discussions, jointly working on open tasks, bug-squashing, "open coding"

**Sponsorship:** As this is a purely virtual event, we are not really in need for event sponsors. However, X2Go could still use some more donations, so if you have a few $$$/€€€/£££ to spare, you can find our donation forms here:
  *  [[https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/111056?wirwunder=235|English-language donation form]]
  *  [[https://www.wirwunder.de/projects/111056?wirwunder=235|German-language donation form]]

One sponsor that we didn't expect, but are happy to have, is [[https://workadventu.re/|WorkAdventure]] - they are providing us with a free meeting room in a 2D virtual world for this year's event (see below for instructions and a screenshot).

Watch this space for updates.

==== Join us here ====
This is where the link to the Jitsi meeting room/WorkAdventure map and the live stream(s) will be posted (probably around 10:00 CET on Sunday for orca, and around 18:00 CET Monday to Friday for X2Go).

Enter the WorkAdventure virtual world here: https://play.workadventu.re/@/orca-e.v./x2go:-the-spread/classroom

If WorkAdventure doesn't work for you (no pun intended), you can still join the main Jitsi meeting room directly: https://coremeet.workadventu.re/wsql20-estatesphere - but you will need to set your user name manually (in Jitsi, click the three dots in the bottom navigation bar, then click the topmost entry, which probably says "me" - and change "me" to your actual name or nickname/IRC handle)

Link to YouTube stream for guests: Live streaming is over, please find the links to the recordings below 

We're still using Jitsi, like in the previous years, but this time, with a "WorkAdventure" 2D virtual world wrapped around it.

If you've never used WorkAdventure, please try to log in a little early, so you can customize your avatar ("Woka"), check your Audio and Video settings, etc.

Below is a screenshot of our virtual meeting room.
  - The big area on the left with many chairs is the main stage for Talks/Demos/Presentations. Position your avatar there and press the space bar to join the Jitsi meeting. This meeting will likely also be streamed to YouTube and/or recorded.
  - The area in the upper right is a "Do not Disturb" area - if you position your avatar there, audio and video is automatically blocked. This is so you don't have to sign out completely when real life requires your attention.
  - The areas with the blue carpets ( two large ones at the bottom and nine smaller ones on the right) are all separate Jitsi rooms. These can be used to collaborate in smaller teams.
  - Even outside of a Jitsi room area, you can still have individual conversations with other avatars ("Wokas") - but those are limited to four participants. The Jitsi rooms are not limited, so for a larger group, just move to an area with a blue carpet and press the space bar to join the Jitsi room. There is also a "follow me" feature in the menu.
  - You can view this page "in-game" by walking up to the screen at the upper ("North") end of the map, to the left of the Do-not-Disturb area
  - You can make your avatar ("Woka") run by holding down the shift key in addition to an arrow key.
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===== Event schedule =====

==== Sunday, 2023-12-10 ====
11:00 CET: annual orca e.V. meeting (see [[events:x2go-spread-2023#orca_ev_annual_meeting|below]])

==== Monday, 2023-12-11 ====
20:00 CET: Presentation: X2Go's "State of the Union" (Stefan) - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/0XZnD_lIk-0

Afterwards:
  - Updating our Gitlab instance/host system (Mihai/Mike/Juri)
  - Old Bugtracker E-Mail "cleanup" (Stefan)

==== Tuesday, 2023-12-12 ====
20:00 CET: Presentation: Release the K...Drive (Mihai) - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/azB8D-gJRRY

20:10 CET: Q&A

20:30 CET: Meta-Presentation: Turning X2GoClient & LibreOffice Impress into a Teleprompter for Presentations - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/aHmaJRaM3O8

20:45 CET: Q&A

Afterwards:
Stefan's Meta-Presentation "[[https://xkcd.com/356/|nerd-sniped]]" the developers so they spent about an hour or so trying to figure out how to achieve the same effect without X2Go. They failed. ;-)

==== Wednesday, 2023-12-13 ====
20:30 CET: Talk/Discussion: 18 Months of Using Betterplace as a Donation Platform - The Future of X2Go Donations (and what we could do to improve things even further) (Stefan, Mike) - //rescheduled to 20:30 as Mike was late// - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/HaX5rnSiF1s

Main Idea: Create Sub-Projects for X2Go on Betterplace
  - X2Go-Infrastructure (hosting costs etc.)
  - X2Go-Events (Posters, Handouts, Travel, Accommodation)
  - X2Go-Documentation (improvements re: Wiki, manpages, online help, ...)
  - X2Go-Development: Sub-Sub-Projects
    - X2Go-Dev-HTML5Client (feature parity with X2GoClient, security audit, ...)
    - X2Go-Dev-KDrive (we're still missing an official Windows Client Release plus a KDrive-enabled macOS client)
    - X2Go-Dev-SoundSupport (better sound support that uses less bandwidth)
    - X2Go-Dev-USBForwarding (adding generic USB forwarding)
    - X2Go-Dev-RDP/VNC-Support (RDP Proxy Mode is currently stuck with rdesktop - we should add support for freeRDP, as well as VNC)
    - X2Go-Dev-X2GoClient-macOS-ARM64-Architecture (New build infrastructure)
    - X2Go-Dev-X2GoClient-Qt6 (Migration from Qt4/Qt5 to Qt6)
    - X2Go-Dev-X2GoClient-Windows-11-Support (Remove warnings during installation, maybe add client to Microsoft store) 
    - X2Go-Dev-Wayland-Support (research and implement a solution to attach X2GoServer to a Wayland host, similar to how RDP and VNC are currently available for these)
    - ... (see [[wiki:development:new-feature-brainstorming|sponsoring/brainstorming]] wiki page for more ideas)
  - ...
Pros: 
  - Potential donors can choose which area of X2Go they want to sponsor
Cons: 
  - There will be no central overview over all X2Go-related projects on betterplace.org (we could put one in the Wiki, though)

Afterwards:
  - Quick phone call between orca chairmen to approve projects and needs (Stefan, Mike)
  - Migrating the Git Repo to Gitlab (Mike, Mihai, Juri)
  - Knowledge Transfer: Release Management (Mihai, Mike, maybe Stefan)

==== Thursday, 2023-12-14 ====
20:00 CET: Presentation/Live Demo: Booting X2Go-TCE-Live with iPXE in EFI and Legacy Mode (Stefan) - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/Fx83CYdpCDk

Afterwards:
  - Last cleanup in old bugtracker (Stefan, Juri)
  - Migrating the Bugtracker to Gitlab (Mike, Juri)

==== Friday, 2023-12-15 ====
20:30 CET: How to set up and use Published Applications? - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/WZMFN6kRsug

21:00 CET: How to Use a Jump Host? (Stefan) - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/sPsEiJUyx9A

21:30 CET: How Does RDP Proxy Mode Work? (Stefan) - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/9PQPunfRDvo

22:xx CET: Official Goodbye (Stefan, Mike) - Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/Fm16VNuzqcI

==== Unsorted list of topics/ideas (not final, open to suggestions) ====
  - KDrive Bug Triaging/Bug Squashing
  - KDrive support for various distributions/platforms
  - X2Go-TCE with KDrive support/Bookworm on various platforms
  - TBD
  - Next Gathering: May 31st-June 2nd or June 7th - June 9th 2024? Mike: All June weekends fine
===== ORCA e.V. annual meeting =====
  * Date: 2023-12-10
  * Time 11:00 CET/MEZ (10:00 UTC)
  * Location: Online (Links will be posted below on the day of the event, probably 30 minutes before it starts)
  * We'll try to stream this event and/or make a recording available afterwards.
  * This is the annual meeting ("Jahreshauptversammlung") of ORCA e.V.
  * ORCA
    * stands for Open Remote Computing Association
    * has been founded at X2Go: The Gathering 2017
    * includes members of several open remote computing projects, like Arctica and FreeRDP, not only X2Go
  * We are required to have these meetings about once a year.
  * As X2Go: The Gathering/X2Go: The Spread is an event where the majority of ORCA members tends to take part in, it makes sense to hold the required annual meeting as part of the X2Go: The Gathering/X2Go: The Spread event.  
  * Current orca e.V. members have been invited to this event by individual e-mail.
  * The language of this event item is German.

This event item has its own sub-agenda:

Link zur YouTube-Aufzeichnung: https://youtu.be/ILZdbIm81aA

 ** Vorläufige Agenda - Ergänzungen/Änderungen können bis zur und auch während der Versammlung per Antrag erfolgen! **

Als Tagesordnung ist vorgesehen:

  - Eröffnung
    - Begrüßung
    - Feststellung der Beschlussfähigkeit
    - Festlegung des Schriftführers für diese Versammlung (muss kein Vereinsmitglied sein)
  - Bericht der Vorstände
  - Entlastung des Vorstandes (gesamt; im Verweigerungsfall einzeln)
  - Bericht des Kassenwarts
  - Entlastung des Kassenwarts
  - Abstimmung über Höhe und Fälligkeit der Mitgliedsgebühren. Hinweise dazu:
    - Es ist mittlerweile möglich, per Lastschrift zu bezahlen. Entsprechende Formulare wurden den Mitgliedern in der Vergangenheit bereits übermittelt.
    - Der jährliche Reminder, dass Mitgliedsgebühren aufgrund der Anerkennung der Gemeinnützigkeit unseres Vereins in Deutschland steuerlich absetzbar sind.
  - Anträge: Aktuell liegen keine Anträge vor.
  - Neuwahl des Vorstandes:
    - Kandidatenvorstellung:
    - (wenn gewünscht) Fragerunde
    - Wahl
  - Neuwahl des Kassenwarts:
    - Kandidatenvorstellung
    - (wenn gewünscht) Fragerunde
    - Wahl
  - (Neu)wahl des Schriftführers (bislang vakant):
    - Kandidatenvorstellung
    - (wenn gewünscht) Fragerunde
    - Wahl
  - Sonstiges
  - Ende