[kwlug-disc] Videoconference testing -- please help

[Paul Nijjar]

It's not peer to peer or decentralized, but I think I have a
BigBlueButton instance for us to test out for our meeting. I will
schedule a demo in another email thread. 

Chris: I did not know about the difference between Chromium and
Firefox with respect to Zoom.

- Paul

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 06:28:27AM -0400, Doug Moen 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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