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It’s still a ways to go for non technical users. We tried Jitsi to mixed success. Some people had it work flawless the first time, others had to switch browsers

It’s still a ways to go for non technical users. We tried Jitsi to mixed success. Some people had it work flawless the first time, others had to switch browsers, still others couldn’t use it at all, probably because of some privacy or cookie blocking extension. Open source software needs to be as easy to use and configure as the alternative if they really hope to gain wise adoption.

pbhjpbhj 7y ago
That's interesting by brother and I have both worked in IT (he still does) and came independently to the same conclusion, that for domestic offerings meet.jit.si was the least friction - you literally just go the website and so far it just works. Yesterday my kids used it for a 4hr call, no interruptions though audio quality dropped on occasions - I think it was the remote iPad's multiplexing that was struggling but couldn't be sure.
tsukurimashou 7y ago
"Open source software needs" Open source software doesn't owe you anything and you can use the alternative if that doesn't satisfy you. People want self hosted, free software with privacy BUT also all other features that big companies add to their software. I'm sorry but you have to make compromises. Most people decide to compromise their freedom and privacy. If you really want the software to improve the best way is to contribute (or donate if that's an option), complaining things could be better on the other hand don't help much.
shostack 7y ago
Are there any good guides on self-hosting this for private family group chats on a home machine or something similar?
- gmixer 7y ago
  I've done this recently - follow the vultr guide https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-install-jitsi-meet-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-install-jitsi-meet-on-ubun... then the jitsi docs to secure your meetings as required https://github.com/jitsi/jicofo#secure-domain https://github.com/jitsi/jicofo#secure-domain . Then you can use basic Auth in nginx https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-basic-authentication/ https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/c... to secure the site.

pbhjpbhj 7y ago

That's interesting by brother and I have both worked in IT (he still does) and came independently to the same conclusion, that for domestic offerings meet.jit.si was the least friction - you literally just go the website and so far it just works. Yesterday my kids used it for a 4hr call, no interruptions though audio quality dropped on occasions - I think it was the remote iPad's multiplexing that was struggling but couldn't be sure.

tsukurimashou 7y ago

"Open source software needs" Open source software doesn't owe you anything and you can use the alternative if that doesn't satisfy you. People want self hosted, free software with privacy BUT also all other features that big companies add to their software. I'm sorry but you have to make compromises. Most people decide to compromise their freedom and privacy. If you really want the software to improve the best way is to contribute (or donate if that's an option), complaining things could be better on the other hand don't help much.

shostack 7y ago

Are there any good guides on self-hosting this for private family group chats on a home machine or something similar?

gmixer 7y ago
I've done this recently - follow the vultr guide https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-install-jitsi-meet-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-install-jitsi-meet-on-ubun... then the jitsi docs to secure your meetings as required https://github.com/jitsi/jicofo#secure-domain https://github.com/jitsi/jicofo#secure-domain . Then you can use basic Auth in nginx https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-basic-authentication/ https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/c... to secure the site.