[sf-lug] Switch meeting from Jitsi to Zoom

[Glen Jarvis]

I was the person who originally asked for us to continue meeting online during COVID and had sponsored the first Zoom meetings.

If the group ever does decide to switch back to Zoom, my offer still stands to sponsor you and give you free Zoom service for the monthly meetings.

With that said, however, I think there will naturally be Audio-Visual problems when connecting with a Linux OS regardless which tool is used (Jitsi or Zoom).

I believe Jitsi is an easier set-up since it's mostly a Web Interface. And, although Zoom can be a web interface as well, it is most often used as an installed client. Having a native client is a bit more stable. However, there may be difficulties in getting it installed.

I believe Jitsi aligns more with the Open Source Linux thinking and it would be the first choice if it is sufficient for the group.

But, Linux is also used in Corporate environments and I would happily sponsor your meetings if needed. I only ask that it be directly requested of me (so I don't "guess" if it's wanted or not).

Good luck and keep up the meetings in difficult times...


Kindest Regards,


Glen Jarvis
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Consultant  / Technical Trainer / Software Engineer
Putting the Dev in DevOps

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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Sunday, September 6, 2020 7:02 PM, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:

> alexkleider writes:
>
> > My vote would be to stick to Jitsi.
> > The only serious problem was that echo which disappeared when Arron muted himself so it seems (to me at least) that the problem was not with Jitsi but something to do with his sound system.
>
> I couldn't make today's meeting, but for past meetings Jitsi has
> worked well for me once I used Chromium instead of Firefox.
> I like that jitsi lets me set lower video quality (I have a
> slow DSL connection) and that I can use the spacebar for
> push-to-talk; Zoom on Linux has neither of those features.
> (Even aside from preferring open source options, of course.)
>
> I think echo happens when a participant uses a mic that's not very
> directional, so the mic picks up the sound from the computer's
> speakers and sends it back, slightly delayed. I've seen echo
> problems just as often in Zoom meetings as in Jitsi.
>
> For anyone who has one of these echo-y mics and is looking for a
> better option, I bought a Samson Go mic based on advice from
> Elicia White's excellent Embedded podcast,
> https://embedded.fm/blog/2018/6/19/an-intro-to-podcasting
> and I like it (she also mentions fancier, more expensive options).
> Before that, I used a cheap corded earbud+mic set made for phones: I
> have one that came with my Samsung phone, another that came with my
> husband's iPhone, and they both work well for meetings like Zoom and
> Jitsi and don't seem to have an echo problem.
>
> ...Akkana
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