[Cialug] Video Conferencing

[Dave Hala]

I have to agree with Scott on Teams, I was really surprised...

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:40 AM Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:

> I will also mention MS Teams as being a very stable and continually
> improving solution.  If you can get past the MS smell, it is really well
> done.
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:38 AM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>
> > I also had the performance issues with the Firefox browser with Jitsi and
> > GotoMeeting.
> >
> > Microsoft Teams works really well in my browser in Linux.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:31 AM Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I forgot the URL:
> > >
> > > https://zoom.us/download?os=linux
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:29 AM Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I use Zoom on Linux regularly -- you can download the desktop client
> > for
> > > > most major distros.
> > > >
> > > > On Fedora 31, I have no audio or video issues.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:26 AM David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I use Google Hangouts and Meet, they work great on Linux, Mac,
> > Windows,
> > > >> Android, have never experienced a crash, and the UX is pretty
> > standard.
> > > >>
> > > >> -dc
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:21 AM Brett Neese <brneese at brneese.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Zoom has a browser client:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629443-Zoom-Web-Client?mobile_site=true
> > > >> >
> > > >> > People use it because it's the only one that doesn't randomly
> crash
> > or
> > > >> bug
> > > >> > out that regular people can figure out how to use with the
> features
> > > >> users
> > > >> > want.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > The UX for the others is awful.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 10:00 AM Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > I swear to friggin' frick'n'frack I am going to lose it. Why????
> > Is
> > > >> it so
> > > >> > > friggin' hard?????? To use a video conferencing service that
> > > supports
> > > >> > > Linux?????
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > There are *plenty* of services out there that will work on
> > whatever
> > > >> > > operating system or browser you have. But nooooo...... everyone
> > has
> > > to
> > > >> > use
> > > >> > > crap like GoToMeeting and Zoom. I found a top-ten list on
> > TechRadar
> > > of
> > > >> > > video conferencing software. Out of the ten, five of them run on
> > > >> Linux!
> > > >> > > Some of them are even free!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Those five are:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > * BlueJeans
> > > >> > > * Microsoft Teams
> > > >> > > * Google Meet
> > > >> > > * ClickMeeting
> > > >> > > * BigBlueButton
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > At my employer, roughly 40% of employees run Linux on their
> > > >> workstations.
> > > >> > > And yet people in the company still routinely send out requests
> > from
> > > >> > > GoToMeeting. Vendor calls are almost always that or Zoom or
> Webex.
> > > >> Bah!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > --
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