JP Vossen via plug on 5 May 2020 18:12:25 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] open source meeting tools


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The article's a little out of date.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

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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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