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Not sure why there isn't more open source alternatives in this realm. Since I only run Linux, I was amazed the first time I used Zoom that it had an actual work
by esaym 6y ago
Not sure why there isn't more open source alternatives in this realm. Since I only run Linux, I was amazed the first time I used Zoom that it had an actual working linux client. I've always had hopes that webrtc would take over. There's been demo's of video conferencing done over webrtc 5+ years ago and I always hoped it would get more traction. The best I've found lately is "Unamed"[0] but it is the product of one author.
[0]: https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/chat/ https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/chat/
- klodolph 6y agoThe reason is because it's a hard problem that requires a lot of work to solve. Dynamically change video quality to fit in the bandwidth, work correctly with a hundred different types of webcam, do echo cancellation, and wrap the whole thing up with a simple UI. Echo cancellation by itself is a hard problem.
- gpvos 6y agoJitsi is pretty well-known and you can run a server yourself; are there any problems with it?
- esaym 6y agoNever heard of it, but I will try it :)