[Cialug] Video Conferencing

[Chris Conmy]

I really prefer to use WebRTC in Firefox where I can.

I have no problem using Google Meet (Formerly Google Hangouts Meet) in
Firefox and Chrome.

With Microsoft Teams, I used to use the WebRTC version of the app to spawn
test meetings but have since moved to their desktop client.

As to Zoom, I tried to join an Ames City Council meeting on Zoom in Firefox
but was unsuccessful and I refuse to install the Zoom client on anything
but a machine I'll purge afterwards.

For my day to day video needs, I use a Cisco DX80 which is a nix based
appliance on the Pexip service.

For the Pexip service, we support web and desktop methods to join, we don't
distribute our Linux client but I can provide deb and rpm builds if anyone
happens to be a user of the Pexip service. I've been pushing for use to
officially distribute our Linux builds in a similar fashion to how Spotify
supports their Linux builds.


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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:22 PM Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:

> I have never successfully gotten it to work for a meeting.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:15 PM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>
> > When we used hangouts and meet alot, it always seemed like about half of
> > the end users had trouble getting into the meeting.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:30 PM Andrew Denner <linux-list at upeke.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Seconding the zoom browser. There is a setting you can add that will
> give
> > > you the browser prompt at load time (the account we use for lug is
> > already
> > > doing this). There is also a zoom for linux app and it worked just fine
> > on
> > > the latest Ubuntu.
> > > I have seen issues with Hangouts/Meet and video streams in low
> > > bandwidth conditions but no crashes.
> > > Facebook group video works aweful on computers, but ok on phones but
> > again
> > > the video is rough.
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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