http://appear.in/ is a WebRTC videoconferencing site hosted by Norwegian telcom Telenor. It works absolutely fine for people on Linux. Although the source code isn't openly licensed, appear.in doesn't require that the user install a proprietary plugin, so it's better on that count than Hangout. And, like chatb.org, it does not demand a login.
Pluses: * ability to "claim" a room, kick people out, etc. * not Google * public API http://appearin.github.io/ - and they're open to feature requests Minuses: * only works right now in recent Firefox, Chrome, and Opera * screensharing only works in recent Chrome versions * no built-in video capture * They recommend keeping conferences at <9 participants, "as this can cause the application to crash because of the number of connections being handled by the browser. The main limiting factor is the bandwidth of the participants, as everything is streamed peer to peer." I'm going to try using appear.in for more of my ad hoc and 1:1 videochats. Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation
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