[kwlug-disc] Videoconference testing -- please help

[Chris Craig]

I've been using Zoom for many months (a year?) at work without using the
client - I've never installed the client.

I do everything in chromium (including initiating meetings). The only thing
that's annoying is chromium always wants to run xdg-open, which I have to
dismiss before saying "open in browser" or somesuch.

On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 09:18, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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