Oh no, I still use Skype every week to call my dad and it will shut down on May 5. Unfortunately, my last attempts to deploy a Jitsi instance failed miserably. I guess I need to find an alternative very quickly.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/on-may-5-microsofts-skype-will-shut-down-for-good/
@ForestOrca @arstechnica Seconded!
I've been using Jitsi for years. Overall it's a pretty great substitute for Skype/Zoom/Teams for my use cases (2-3 people video chat - occasional screen sharing).
Network Fun
I had 15 minutes to go until a meeting with a customer. Not just any meeting, but a meeting where I was going to have to present something to them. Now I don’t talk to customers directly. It’s not in my job description. That being said, we’re all in this together and we are all one big happy team, and if the folks who usually do talk to the customers directly are tied up in other things I am happy to pitch in. Happy yes, stress free? Hell no.
The information I needed to present would, best case scenario, involve two, maybe three sentences and that was it. If they asked me questions I told the people I was covering for that I would panic quietly and then mumble responses until they stopped asking. I was kidding, of course. I didn’t expect any questions. I expected my speaking time to be wrapped up in a manner of seconds. Still… yikes.
Then that happy moment, about 15 minutes before the meeting… when our entire network went down. Oh… no… now what do we do??
I wasn’t going to be able to join the call… potentially neither was any of the other 50-70 or so people who were scheduled to represent my company… and we had no way of letting each other know, and no way of letting the customer know. What do we do?
One guy in my building who fortunately sits near me found a work around and yelled it out. Everyone else yelled it out too. I got onto the call with seconds to spare, then waited about 20 minutes for my turn to speak, then spoke my two sentences and asked for questions and there were none.
Oh, what a relief that was. Over and done.
After that I spent two hours on another meeting and now I am going to spend the next 90 minutes on yet another meeting. What a thrill! I just want to go home and go to bed.
VCC erweitert Fokus: Mehr als Videokonferenzen
Das Kompetenzzentrum für Videokonferenzdienste heißt ab sofort „Videoconference & Collaboration Center“. Neben bewährten Videokonferenzlösungen fokussiert sich das VCC ab Januar 2025 auch auf innovative Technologien im Bereich Collaboration Services.
Mehr Infos: https://tu-dresden.de/zih/vcc
Close to meeting Zoom - 16 views at once. Google Meet’s Zoom-like gallery view is rolling out now globally - The Verge#WorkFromHome #videoconference
theverge.com/2020/4/22/2123…
Google Meet’s Zoom-like galler...
Which would you prefer for mainly online business meetings?
- Anker PowerConf C200
- Logitech C920
Teams can “only” do Full HD with 30 FPS. So both are good enough.
I mainly use Teams myself and one might be good enough for audio, but I'm not sure about that.
@abstractcode On #Linux, #Zoom is substantially better than #Teams. Actually, #MSTeams is full garbage (connection problems, frequent video and sound lags), since they abandoned the native client.
In my own experience on #Ubuntu / Linux:
TOP:
* #BigBlueButton (browser)
* Zoom (client)
* #Jitsi Meet (browser)
MEDIOCRE:
* #GoogleMeet (browser)
* #Webex (client and browser)
* Zoom (browser)
#BAD
* #MicrosoftTeams (browser, there is no Linux client)
Shame on #Microsoft! I regularly have to participate in #MicrosoftTeams meetings. #MSTeams is really a disaster on #Linux / #Ubuntu with #Firefox or #Chromium. Connection, audio and video issues and lags. The worst experience of all #videoconference systems!
The Teams for Linux app that is prepared by a Linux user (because Microsoft doesn't have any app anymore) is also only partially usable, because Teams meeting links do not open in the app.
#Fediverse poll - Please only respond if you are using #Linux or #BSD:
Does screen-sharing in Zoom work for you?
(multiple choice)
Wussten Sie, dass die deutschen #Notare die Online Beurkundungen wie z.B. GmbH-Gründungen auf Basis der #opensource Software #Jitsi durchführen?
Schon gewusst?
In Ihrem OpenTalk-Meeting steht Ihnen eine sortierbare Liste der Teilnehmenden zur Verfügung. So behalten Sie unter anderem den Überblick, wer zuerst der Konferenz beigetreten ist oder wer zuletzt zu Wort kam.
Was #OpenTalk noch zu bieten hat, finden Sie hier 
https://opentalk.eu/de/produkt
#Maroc IEGA: [#Vidéoconférence 
] La place du #Maroc au sein de l'#économie mondialisée • Avec @chahid_soufiane (25 Juillet 18 HOO)
Dans un contexte en pleine évolution, à quelle place le Maroc peut-il prétendre au sein de l'économie mondialisée ?
@morocco
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Commercial #videoconferencing systems and their #Linux support:
#Webex : Their support of Linux is subpar. Updates only every third month with few minor changes. Big issues (e.g. screen-sharing, #Wayland) not fixed for > 1 year.
#Zoom : Support for Linux and updates comparable to #macOS and #Windows. The #ZoomWorkplace works fine.
#MicrosoftTeams : #Microsoft has dropped the #Teams Linux client. The webapp works mediocre (e.g. frequent cuts). #MSTeams
All'inizio non avevo idea sarei stato pubblicato XD
Dategli un occhio, ottimo software, sviluppato da 1 sola persona, e perfettamente in grado di soppiantare #Google Meet!
https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalk
#FOSS #videoConference #MiroTalk
QT: https://mastodon.uno/@morrolinux/112632813485438680
Insta360 Connect Is an AI-Equipped, Dual 4K Video Conference Camera https://petapixel.com/2024/06/12/insta360-connect-is-an-ai-equipped-dual-4k-video-conference-camera/ #insta360connect #videoconference #Equipment #insta360 #Webcam #News #4k
Kennen Sie schon unsere #Breakout-Räume?
In Breakout-Räumen können #Meeting-Teilnehmende in kleinere #Arbeitsgruppen aufgeteilt werden. In #Brainstorming Sessions oder #Workshops kann so produktiv und kreativ gearbeitet werden.
Moderator:innen behalten dabei alles im Blick: Sie können jederzeit um Hilfe angerufen werden und sie können beliebig zwischen den Räumen wechseln.
Was OpenTalk noch zu bieten hat, finden Sie hier
#Webex does not properly install in Ubuntu 24.04, because of missing depdendencies. #Cisco does not react on any bug reports or complaints.
Finally, someone has found a solution describing the installation of #libgl1-mesa-glx and the required setting of #apparmor:
In the Apparmor part, there are two typos: The apparmor script from here works: https://community.cisco.com/t5/webex-meetings-and-webex-app/webex-needs-apparmor-profile-for-ubuntu-24-04/m-p/5077364
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Kam gerade per Rohrpost, daher noch nicht weiter als bis zur Raumerstellung ausprobiert. Aber klingt doch gut. Und neben u.a. BBB vielleicht auch eine gute Alternative zu Zoom
Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/deepfake-scammer-walks-off-with-25-million-in-first-of-its-kind-ai-heist/ #deepfake #scam #HongKong #videoconference #call #multiple #person #FPS
