[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Anyone try out Jitsi Meet yet? Free, open source meeting software like Zoom.

[Drew King]

Harry,

Thanks. Wasn't exactly sure how long the product had been around. I ran 
a test meeting between my cell phone and two Windows computers and aside 
from the quality of the video being somewhat poor it works fine. I was 
able to make a recording of the meeting on my Windows computer and even 
share my screen.

I'm sure zoom is a far more polished software product. Although, a lot 
can be said for 100% free video conferencing software. If you run a 
small user group, and it only meets once a month, it might work just 
fine and meet everybody's needs.

I learned about this software today from a man who runs a Linux user's 
group. They decided at the time they wanted to remain open source, no 
matter what the limitations.

If you have a small group of friends or family that would like to get 
together once in a while on a video conference for more than 40 minutes 
on zoom, this is definitely worth a look.


Drew.


On 2/4/2023 6:33 PM, Harry Forsdick wrote:
> Drew,
>
> Before Zoom ascended to the top of the heap, I was using Jitsi because 
> it was so simple to use.  I still think it is impressive, but I'm 
> afraid Zoom has won the hearts and minds of the world because of their 
> clever offering of their system to the world for free in a time of 
> need -- perhaps that's better marketing.
>
> I suspect Jitsi might be easier to integrate into larger, commonly 
> used systems in use.  For example, I like a conferencing system that 
> could be integrated into web-based applications as easily as 
> HTML/CSS/JS embeds can be done. Can't figure out how to get Zoom to 
> work in this style, haven't tried it with Jitsi because if it isn't 
> Zoom most people will shy away from it.
>
> -- Harry
>
>
>
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> On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 4:59 PM Drew King <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> 
> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     Curious if anyone has tried and has any positive or negative
>     feedback about the free open source meeting program called Jitsi?
>
>     It functions a lot like Zoom, only there are no time constraints
>     or costs.
>
>     I think it grew from the Linux community.
>
>     There is a native app installer for Linux and also for the iPhone
>     and Android phones. On Windows it does not require an installer,
>     but it does work, and I presume it does the same on a macOS computer.
>
>     https://jitsi.org/
>
>     To start a meeting, go to https://meet.jit.si/ or go to
>     https://jitsi.org/ and click on See it in action, Start Meeting
>     button.
>
>     https://meet.jit.si/ThisIsMyMeeting
>
>
>     -- 
>     Drew King
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