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I fundamentally disagree. Webex has been around longer and despite the zoom founder trying to trash it, has been more reliable for me. They just apparently sp

by tw04 7y ago

I fundamentally disagree. Webex has been around longer and despite the zoom founder trying to trash it, has been more reliable for me. They just apparently spent their money on building an enterprise-worthy app instead of marketing. https://help.webex.com/en-us/n80v1rcb/Cisco-Webex-Available-Free-in-These-Countries-COVID-19-Response https://help.webex.com/en-us/n80v1rcb/Cisco-Webex-Available-...

throwaway55554 7y ago
We use Webex at work and it's pretty reliable. Only issue I can think of off the top of my head is on Windows, Webex will sometimes freeze. Some colleagues have attributed that to certain bluetooth devices. I've personally not had that happen but have been in meetings where it did. Edit: Ok, that took all of 10 seconds to get the first downvote. Seriously?
- tw04 7y ago
  I would guess your colleagues are onto something. We've got a wide mix of Windows and Mac users and can't say I've heard of anyone reporting problems with freezing.
  - burnJS 7y ago
    Ditto.
pkulak 7y ago
They say they have a Linux app... but Zoom is available in official repos, Flatpak, the Arch AUR, SUSE community, etc. That's huge for me. I don't really have any interest in blazing a new trail to use a web conferencing app.
- tw04 7y ago
  There's nothing in the official repos because it's a java plugin on Linux. That being said, it works with OpenJDK: https://at.projects.genivi.org/wiki/display/TOOL/WebEx+on+Linux https://at.projects.genivi.org/wiki/display/TOOL/WebEx+on+Li... As far as I know that's the only option on Linux.
- megous 7y ago
  AUR is not an official repo, and zoom is not in Arch Linux repositories either.
  - pkulak 7y ago
    I didn't mean to imply that is was.
Ididntdothis 7y ago
One pattern I see with videoconferencing is that there never is a tool that works for all. WebEx was great for me but a lot of people complained. We had less complaints with Zoom and as of now Teams works best. I don’t expect this to last though.
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by tw04 7y ago

throwaway55554 7y ago

We use Webex at work and it's pretty reliable. Only issue I can think of off the top of my head is on Windows, Webex will sometimes freeze. Some colleagues have attributed that to certain bluetooth devices. I've personally not had that happen but have been in meetings where it did. Edit: Ok, that took all of 10 seconds to get the first downvote. Seriously?

tw04 7y ago
I would guess your colleagues are onto something. We've got a wide mix of Windows and Mac users and can't say I've heard of anyone reporting problems with freezing.
- burnJS 7y ago
  Ditto.

pkulak 7y ago

They say they have a Linux app... but Zoom is available in official repos, Flatpak, the Arch AUR, SUSE community, etc. That's huge for me. I don't really have any interest in blazing a new trail to use a web conferencing app.

tw04 7y ago
There's nothing in the official repos because it's a java plugin on Linux. That being said, it works with OpenJDK: https://at.projects.genivi.org/wiki/display/TOOL/WebEx+on+Linux https://at.projects.genivi.org/wiki/display/TOOL/WebEx+on+Li... As far as I know that's the only option on Linux.
megous 7y ago
AUR is not an official repo, and zoom is not in Arch Linux repositories either.
- pkulak 7y ago
  I didn't mean to imply that is was.

Ididntdothis 7y ago

One pattern I see with videoconferencing is that there never is a tool that works for all. WebEx was great for me but a lot of people complained. We had less complaints with Zoom and as of now Teams works best. I don’t expect this to last though.

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