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<p><font size="4">George,</font></p>
<p><font size="4">How long has it been? If you haven't looked at it
in years, it has likely changed for the better! It is not zoom,
although it has quite a few features that are similar.</font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#0000ff">There is no installer file
for Windows or Mac to host or join a meeting.</font> It works
in a browser tab. You can create a meeting link for the host and
a different one for guests, or you can simply create your own
personalized meeting link. Not having an installation program is
going to create limitations all by itself with regard to the
quality of the video, which was very evident. It's not for
professional organizations and would not be good for this user
group either. However, if you want to have a large family video
gathering or a whole group of friends that you haven't seen each
other in a while, it's definitely worth a looksee.<br>
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<p><font size="4">Obviously you have no need for it now but for
those of you who do not have a zoom subscription currently no
harm in giving it a try and see if it meets your needs.<br>
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<p><font size="4">I tried it for the first time this afternoon and
had a 3-way meeting running in just a few minutes.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">I'm simply throwing it out there as a viable
option for those who do not wish to pay for an ongoing
subscription to zoom. And, perhaps, have a peripheral need to
have a meeting that will likely go more than the limited 40
minutes. I only did a 6-minute video call, so I'm not proof that
the software works for an hour or more.<br>
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Harry suggested it. The trouble is that ZOOM is on top, as
Harry says, and people all know about it, whereas I tried
Jitsi, and it required instructions before I could get it
going with colleagues. I gave up due to the extra work and
purchased the professional ZOOM for $59/year. I also
purchased Office 365. I guess I am just lazy and looking for
an easy way out LOL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG]
Anyone try out Jitsi Meet yet? Free, open source meeting
software like Zoom.<o:p></o:p></p>
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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 --
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 4:59 PM Drew
King <<a href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us"
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Curious if anyone has
tried and has any positive or negative feedback about
the free open source meeting program called Jitsi?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">It functions a lot like
Zoom, only there are no time constraints or costs. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">I think it grew from the
Linux community. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a
href="https://jitsi.org/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://jitsi.org/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">To start a meeting, go
to <a href="https://meet.jit.si/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://meet.jit.si/</a>
or go to <a href="https://jitsi.org/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://jitsi.org/</a>
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