Re: [PLUG] open source meeting tools

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/05/05/160252/firefox-76-arrives-with-password-management-and-zoom-improvements
...
The company specifically called out Zoom, which has become a phenomenon 
of its own during the pandemic. In short, you now join Zoom calls in 
Firefox without having to download or install the Zoom client.
...


On 5/5/20 2:43 PM, JP Vossen wrote:
> I fired up a NextCloud VM just to have a server-in-the-middle for FF 
> WebRTC.  It...worked...and the cool part was that it was all on my 
> internal LAN (OK +VPN).  But it was clunky; we've switched to using 
> Jitsi which pretty much Just Works for our family use case.
>
>
> On 5/5/20 2:22 PM, brent saner via plug wrote:
> > FYI, Jitsi is no longer owned by Atlassian. it is owned (and 
> > operational costs funded by) 8x8 since 2015.
> >
> > https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/29/atlassian-sells-jitsi-an-open-source-videoconferencing-tool-it-acquired-in-2015-to-8x8/ 
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 5, 2020, 14:19 Fred Stluka via plug 
> > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Jeff,
> >
> >     Good article.  Thanks!  I also followed a link from there:
> >     - https://opensource.com/alternatives/skype
> >
> >     It's an article that discusses pros/cons, licensing, use cases for:
> >     - Jitsi bought by Atlassian in 2015, but still FOSS (Apache license)
> >     - Wire, by creators of Skype, before MS bought it
> >     - Jami, was Ring
> >     - Riot
> >     - Signal, mostly mobile, not laptop
> >     - Linphone
> >     - Nextcloud
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >     --Fred
> >     
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >     On 4/27/20 10:29 AM, jeff via plug wrote:
> >      >
> >     
> > https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2020/4/open-source-meeting-tools-3-things-know 
> >
> >      > Team runs on linux.
Later,
JP
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