[kwlug-disc] Videoconference testing -- please help

[Brian Bentley]

An interesting article:

https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/233513/zoom-silently-sends-data-to-facebook

Brian


On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 6:29 AM Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> Yes, there is a 40 minute limit unless the person initiating the
> conference pays. Also, you need the native zoom client to initiate a zoom
> conference. People joining in can use a web browser.
>
> Now where is that open source peer to peer solution that is reliable and
> easy to use for non techies??
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 4:14 AM, Sandeep Johri wrote:
>
> I did install the Zoom .deb package on my Debian (stable) desktop.
> Everything seemed to be working fine - however as I was setting up my
> profile I got the following message
>
> [Uplevel Your Meetings with Zoom Pro
> Your Zoom Basic plan has a *40-minute time limit *on meetings with 3 or
> more participants. Upgrade now to enjoy unlimited group meeting minutes.]
>
> I'm guessing others have figured out how not to be restricted with this
> time limit (someone may have a pro account) - however thought I'd share.
>
> Thanks
>
> From:
> Sandeep Johri
>
> On 2020-03-26 10:26 p.m., Doug Moen wrote:
>
> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard
>
> I know; we should all be using open source, decentralized, peer-to-peer video conferencing software instead.
>
> Doug.
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 1:59 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>
> On Linux, I have only been able to get it working with the client
> software. Somebody sends me a Zoom link and then it prompts me to open
> that link with the plugin.
>
> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard, but if we didn't
> want that we should have been born into a different timeline.
>
> - Paul
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:34:00AM +0000, Doug Moen wrote:
>
> Thanks, Paul. Zoom seems to be catching on with my crowd, so we've been using Zoom for social get-togethers. So far it only works for me on my mac laptop in the Chrome browser. It doesn't work for me in Firefox, but I have so many security- and privacy-protecting browser extensions loaded that it's not surprising, and I haven't actually tried to get it working on Linux.
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 12:20 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>
> Okay, I verified that the Zoom plugin for Linux does work on Ubuntu
> 18.04. I tested Zoom with Charles today, and we were both on Linux
> computers.
>
> (That does not mean I am announcing that we are holding the KWLUG
> meeting on Zoom. I just wanted to answer Doug's question.)
>
> - Paul
>
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