[kwlug-disc] Videoconference testing -- please help

[CrankyOldBugger]

I know at work it's a PITA when vendors send us Zoom meeting invites..  We
have to install the client, work our way around the firewalls, etc., then
afterwards uninstall the client and scour our hard drives for any leftover
bits and pieces..

alternative.to had a decent review of jitsi (which I haven't used yet, so I
don't know from personal experience) at
https://alternativeto.net/software/jitsi-meet/reviews/  ...  I notice also
that jitsi can use Slack logins, and several of us got Slack accounts
courtesy of Paul recently...

I confess that I've gotten comfortable with using MS Teams at work on my
work Windows laptop, so I'm no expert when it comes to Linux alternatives.
I know one of the guys at work got Teams to work on his Fedora laptop but
it took some monkeying to get it right.



On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 08:58, Ben Albert <ben.code10000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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