Andre this is great, thanks for searching. I'll have to see what I come up
with on my end.  Yes one of the basic requirements would be an open-source
service and not everyone has a Google account which makes the search more
difficult.  Something hosted on Amazon or Google Cloud makes the most sense.



On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Andre Klapper <[email protected]> wrote:

> [Hope this isn't too bikesheddy as everybody can easily have an opinion
> on this topic.]
>
> On Sun, 2014-05-04 at 13:42 +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote:
> > > Okay, so do you have any recommendations on how additional virtual
> events
> > > could be added that complement these physical events?
> >
> > The documentation team try to have a hangout available for other team
> > members at our hackfests, but it would be better if a more reliable,
> > Free alternative was available.
>
> Recently had a "video conferencing software vs. freedom" topic on my
> company's internal mailinglist too. Free Software which was mentioned
> (if someone wants to experiment, I have not yet):
> * http://jscommunicator.org/
> * https://jitsi.org/Projects/JitMeet
>
> I have started to prefer https://appear.in/ (run by Telenor) over Google
> Hangouts for small meetings (didn't feel stable enough for >4 people
> last time I tried). It's NOT free software either but it does not
> require an additional closed-source browser plugin and it does not
> require registration / login, which feels like a small step forward
> compared to Google Hangouts. Requires a recent browser (WebRTC).
>
> andre
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