Re: [LUG] Skype

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My brother uses Zoom for work, and I used it recently tp chat to an 
elderly relative who is in a care home. With everyome under lock-down 
the group bought tablets for all the homes so that residents can still 
see their relatives and vice versa. My brother uses it for work too and 
we just had a chat with it. I must say it seems to work better than 
Skype.. which is great because every time Skype updates for some reason 
it breaks the audio and I have to mess about for ages to fix it.

Julian

On 21/03/2020 13:55, Rod Sheaff 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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