[Cialug] Video Conferencing

Thu Jun 4 16:37:57 UTC 2020

Teams has a beta Linux client that works decently. Feature-wise it's a bit
behind the Windows client (computational background blurring/replacement is
the big one missing right now) but it works. The only major thing that
isn't working is that last time I tried sharing my desktop the client
crashed. It's been a few weeks since I tried that so maybe that is fixed.

I can't say that I'm really in love with Teams but if you're forced into
using it because it's what everyone else is using it's at least bearable.

I've only used Google Meet a couple of times but it's worked solidly every
time. It's all browser based so Linux compatibility isn't a problem.

Webex works well in the browser, except that you can't let someone control
your desktop which makes remote support difficult.

I can't personally recommend Jitsi, unless you have a lot of free time to
get it set up and then deal with the quirks, plus the cost of hosting. The
one time I tried a "real" conference over my self-hosted setup it kept
crashing the browsers on my parent's computers.

I haven't used Zoom enough to have much of an opinion.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:46 AM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> 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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