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Re: [LUG] Skype

 
I've been using Zoom all week for work (same place as Rod). Regularly had meetings with anywhere between 1 and 20 people present as video chat, works really well on Linux (but, yes, proprietary, I'm afraid). Limit on the accounts we have is something like 300 attendees at a meeting. We'll be trying it with 80+ students from Monday.

Main privacy issues outlined here:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/what-you-should-know-about-online-tools-during-covid-19-crisis
On 21 March 2020 at 13:55 Rod Sheaff < rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


We increasingly use Zoom at work. It's closed source (or course) but
does have a Linux client, indeed did so before MicroSoft re-animated
Skype for Linux. In the meetings I've used it for, Zoom seems to have
been simpler to use and more reliable than Skype. I think Skype can be
used for groups, though I've never tried groups larger than 4-5 people.
Zoom has some ridiculously high limit.

BW

Rod


On 21/03/2020 13:19, Neil wrote:
This has come about because of the recent posts about online meetings
for the LUG group.
I used to use Skype some time ago. That was back when it was a Linux
program. It worked quite well, and I found it useful.
Then it was bought by MS, and I stopped using it. The recent posts,
above, got me to wondering about it. So I installed it on my laptop,
found out how to switch on the webcam, which I have never used, and
increased the volume on the inbuilt microphone. So far it seems to be
working well.
It still had my log in details, which worked, to my surprise. Video
test and sound test were fine. However, it seems to be just one to
one. Or am I missing something?
I am guessing that zoom and jitsi-meet are different. Never heard of
them before. If anyone has any comments or info about this I would be
grateful.
Thanks,
Neil
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MS-Office may say 'damaged file' to discourage this but should open the attachment(s) anyway.
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'Dunsland',
Barn Street,
Liskeard,
Kernow / Cornwall
PL14 4BL
UK

Ebost: rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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