Zoom is usable on Fedora but for the 40-minute time limit. I have tried it with three people and it works. Under a Pro license, Zoom was able to handle around 36 people and was very good.
WebEx does not have a Linux client, the browser interface is very poor quality, drops connection repeatedly and does not allow for several features such as breakout rooms, etc. I am not aware of all the features because I only run linux (F31). Someone suggested that I use Microsoft Teams which has a beta linux client but I had not even heard about it till this past Saturday and have no experience with this? I have not used jitsi or BigBlueButton. I think that jitsi is OSS but I do not know about BigBlueButton. I found something called openmeetings, but it is java-based, OSS, but not on Fedora. One issue to note is that we should have something that would be usable on all three platforms (Mash, Windoze, Linux). I agree that it would be nice to have something on Fedora, but as with everything else, it likely is looking for a volunteer-maintainer packager. Best wishes, Ranjan On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:56:23 -0400 John Mellor <john.mel...@gmail.com> wrote: > In this extended period of Covid-19 isolation, is there a > videoconference package available? > > Hosted systems like Zoom are not opensource, do not use a browser as a > client, feed connection data to Facebook, only allow 2 participants for > free, and not available for a local install. > > I thought of Webex, but its Cisco. Maybe its just me :-) > > I took a quick look at Jitsi, but users say it has a fatal extreme > processor utilization bug, the rpm packages are 3 years out-of-date, and > does not seem to be present in the normal rpm repos. > > I also took a quick look at BigBlueButtion, which looks pretty good. > However, it only runs on an ancient version of Ubuntu, and uses a shell > installer for some unknown reason. > > This seems like a major application type that appears to be completely > missing from the repos. Is anyone building one, and just hasn't > announced it yet? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
