Re: [PLUG] open source meeting tools

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

Yes, you could.  I _assumed_ Mozilla tweaked their WebRTC implementation 
to play nicer with Zoom, but that's just a wild guess.


On 5/5/20 7:33 PM, Fred Stluka wrote:
> JP,
>
> The article's a little out of date.  Could already use Zoom from
> Firefox w/o download or plugin.  Right?
>
> I've been doing it since 4/14.  No idea how long before that it
> was possible.  Maybe always.  You and I already commented on
> that.   See my post:
> - http://lists.netisland.net/archives/plug/plug-2020-04/msg00137.html
> and yours:
> - http://lists.netisland.net/archives/plug/plug-2020-05/msg00001.html
>
> --Fred
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> On 5/5/20 2:54 PM, JP Vossen via plug wrote:
> > 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
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> > > >
> > > >     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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