Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Dianne Skoll
On 2020-04-02 14:51, Tim Forbes wrote: > I'm not sure if this helps, but I quickly checked hub.docker.com and found > this... > https://hub.docker.com/r/jitsi/jvb I'm running mine on a tiny KVM instance at OVH, so I wanted to minimize overhead. The .deb installation worked fine for me. >

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Tim Forbes
I'm not sure if this helps, but I quickly checked hub.docker.com and found this... https://hub.docker.com/r/jitsi/jvb ...as well as other jitsi images. Docker can save a lot of headaches in some situations. Tim On 2020-04-02 10:47 a.m., Richard Guy Briggs wrote: On 2020-04-02 09:36,

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Bryan Larsen
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Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Dianne Skoll
On 2020-04-02 10:47, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2020-04-02 09:36, Dianne Skoll wrote: >> I use Jitsi. Seems to work well enough. > I'm going to try setting up my own server. Before you do, a few things: 1) Jitsi really, *really* wants its own server name. So you want to spin up a server

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Rick Leir
RGB, Diane, Please keep us posted on this Cheers Rick On April 2, 2020 10:47:51 AM EDT, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: >On 2020-04-02 09:36, Dianne Skoll wrote: >> I use Jitsi. Seems to work well enough. >> >> You can use it for free at https://meet.jit.si/ >> >> However, for my friends and

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Rick Leir
Did you have a hand in the development? Cheers -- Rick On April 2, 2020 9:31:42 AM EDT, "Michael P. Soulier" wrote: >Also Mitel has allowed miteam meetings use for free during this crisis >I believe. I use the web version on Linux. Full disclosure. I work >there. > >https://meet.mitel.io. >

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Jean-Francois Messier
There is also a service from Infomaniak. They are located in Switzerland, so I don't know about the network performance, but I would guess they would have servers in North America. meet (dot) infomaniak (dot) com They say that their service is free during Covid-19. On 2020-04-02 10:52 a.m.,

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2020-04-02 08:39, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > given zoom's recent very, very, very bad press: > > https://techbeacon.com/node/3805 > > what alternatives are people here using? here's one article that > proposes some alternatives: > >

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2020-04-02 09:36, Dianne Skoll wrote: > I use Jitsi. Seems to work well enough. > > You can use it for free at https://meet.jit.si/ > > However, for my friends and family, I installed my own self-hosted instance. > Download from https://jitsi.org Ok, excellent, there are locals who are

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Dianne Skoll
I use Jitsi. Seems to work well enough. You can use it for free at https://meet.jit.si/ However, for my friends and family, I installed my own self-hosted instance. Download from https://jitsi.org Regards, Dianne. To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Dmitriy Korovkin
Have been using Wire for home communications for quite a while. (https://wire.com) Regards, /Dmitriy

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Also Mitel has allowed miteam meetings use for free during this crisis I believe. I use the web version on Linux. Full disclosure. I work there. https://meet.mitel.io. mps > On Apr 2, 2020, at 9:06 AM, J C Nash wrote: > > I've used the "old" hangouts for meetings, but it is limited to 10

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Michael P. Soulier
I’m just trying tox. mps > On Apr 2, 2020, at 8:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > given zoom's recent very, very, very bad press: > > https://techbeacon.com/node/3805 > > what alternatives are people here using? here's one article that > proposes some alternatives: > >

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread J C Nash
I've used the "old" hangouts for meetings, but it is limited to 10 for the free version, and in our Stittsville Creative Writers Group we've found some people have difficulty connecting. Linux-Ottawa AGM is possibly going ahead using Big Blue Button. I'll let Scott announce that when he's ready.

Re: [linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Alan McKay
There isn't a whole lot out there for Linux that is Enterprise grade. I've used both Skype and Webex and at both had relatively big issues in Linux. Not sure if they are resolved now that was about 2 years ago. We use Zoom corporately and have been very happy with it - we've raised bugs and they

[linux] what are people using as opposed to zoom for videoconferencing?

2020-04-02 Thread Robert P. J. Day
given zoom's recent very, very, very bad press: https://techbeacon.com/node/3805 what alternatives are people here using? here's one article that proposes some alternatives: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/1/21202945/zoom-alternative-conference-video-free-app-skype-slack-hangouts-jitsi