[kwlug-disc] Videoconference testing -- please help

[Ben Albert]

Hi all,

I attended a few meetings a while back.  I just wanted to mention
matrix/riot, which also integrates with jitsi meet for video conferencing.

Ben

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 7:15 AM Brian Bentley <bhbentley at gmail.com> wrote:

> An interesting article:
>
> https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/233513/zoom-silently-sends-data-to-facebook
>
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 6:29 AM Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes, there is a 40 minute limit unless the person initiating the
>> conference pays. Also, you need the native zoom client to initiate a zoom
>> conference. People joining in can use a web browser.
>>
>> Now where is that open source peer to peer solution that is reliable and
>> easy to use for non techies??
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 4:14 AM, Sandeep Johri wrote:
>>
>> I did install the Zoom .deb package on my Debian (stable) desktop.
>> Everything seemed to be working fine - however as I was setting up my
>> profile I got the following message
>>
>> [Uplevel Your Meetings with Zoom Pro
>> Your Zoom Basic plan has a *40-minute time limit *on meetings with 3 or
>> more participants. Upgrade now to enjoy unlimited group meeting minutes.]
>>
>> I'm guessing others have figured out how not to be restricted with this
>> time limit (someone may have a pro account) - however thought I'd share.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> From:
>> Sandeep Johri
>>
>> On 2020-03-26 10:26 p.m., Doug Moen wrote:
>>
>> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard
>>
>> I know; we should all be using open source, decentralized, peer-to-peer video conferencing software instead.
>>
>> Doug.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 1:59 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>>
>> On Linux, I have only been able to get it working with the client
>> software. Somebody sends me a Zoom link and then it prompts me to open
>> that link with the plugin.
>>
>> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard, but if we didn't
>> want that we should have been born into a different timeline.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:34:00AM +0000, Doug Moen wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Paul. Zoom seems to be catching on with my crowd, so we've been using Zoom for social get-togethers. So far it only works for me on my mac laptop in the Chrome browser. It doesn't work for me in Firefox, but I have so many security- and privacy-protecting browser extensions loaded that it's not surprising, and I haven't actually tried to get it working on Linux.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 12:20 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>>
>> Okay, I verified that the Zoom plugin for Linux does work on Ubuntu
>> 18.04. I tested Zoom with Charles today, and we were both on Linux
>> computers.
>>
>> (That does not mean I am announcing that we are holding the KWLUG
>> meeting on Zoom. I just wanted to answer Doug's question.)
>>
>> - Paul
>>
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