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Looking through the resources you've linked is one of the most hopeful and awesome software experiences I have had in a while. There's a chance to unlock treme

Looking through the resources you've linked is one of the most hopeful and awesome software experiences I have had in a while. There's a chance to unlock tremendous value for society here. Imagine if you could fix all the awful bugs making video conferencing software shitty for you! It's perhaps the most bug-plagued software out there in the world, with the highest number of complaints I have ever seen. We've had a large detour away from open-source running the core of the internet, at least outside of web pages, but this sort of software feels like we're getting back to the 90's and earlier. Vive la France!

Agingcoder 9mo ago
This one made me laugh , thanks ! I wish there was some kind of slashdot like ´funny’ tag
philipallstar 9mo ago
Zoom isn't buggy I wouldn't say. It's really good.
- epistasis 9mo ago
  That's been my personal experience, but colleagues on Linux are continually fighting it.
  - distances 9mo ago
    I gave up on the native Zoom client on Linux right away, it was completely broken. It worked well enough on a browser to get through the project though. Same with Teams, the video calls work fine on a browser. You just can't use any background pictures or effects.
    - VorpalWay 9mo ago
      Teams in Firefox on Linux does work with backgrounds for me, and since a few months you can even upload custom backgrounds. Actual calling works well enough, I would say it is more stable than the native Windows client ever was.
    - prmoustache 9mo ago
      > You just can't use any background pictures or effects. Thanksfully it is fairly easy to present a virtual webcam that is a composition of what your real physical webcam is showing and whatever background you want.
      - distances 9mo ago
        Can you give some pointers about this? I thought it's straight to kernel modules territory if I want a virtual webcam.
        prmoustache 9mo ago
        you can do it with ffmpeg but the most user friendly way is to use obs. https://obsproject.com/kb/virtual-camera-guide https://obsproject.com/kb/virtual-camera-guide https://usercomp.com/news/1413136/ffmpeg-virtual-camera-guide https://usercomp.com/news/1413136/ffmpeg-virtual-camera-guid... I used that back in the days in 2019 / early 2020 when it was not yet possible to share your screen on msteams under wayland in chrome and firefox.
        distances 9mo ago
        Thanks!

Agingcoder 9mo ago

This one made me laugh , thanks ! I wish there was some kind of slashdot like ´funny’ tag

philipallstar 9mo ago

Zoom isn't buggy I wouldn't say. It's really good.

epistasis 9mo ago
That's been my personal experience, but colleagues on Linux are continually fighting it.
- distances 9mo ago
  I gave up on the native Zoom client on Linux right away, it was completely broken. It worked well enough on a browser to get through the project though. Same with Teams, the video calls work fine on a browser. You just can't use any background pictures or effects.
  - VorpalWay 9mo ago
    Teams in Firefox on Linux does work with backgrounds for me, and since a few months you can even upload custom backgrounds. Actual calling works well enough, I would say it is more stable than the native Windows client ever was.
  - prmoustache 9mo ago
    > You just can't use any background pictures or effects. Thanksfully it is fairly easy to present a virtual webcam that is a composition of what your real physical webcam is showing and whatever background you want.
    - distances 9mo ago
      Can you give some pointers about this? I thought it's straight to kernel modules territory if I want a virtual webcam.
      - prmoustache 9mo ago
        you can do it with ffmpeg but the most user friendly way is to use obs. https://obsproject.com/kb/virtual-camera-guide https://obsproject.com/kb/virtual-camera-guide https://usercomp.com/news/1413136/ffmpeg-virtual-camera-guide https://usercomp.com/news/1413136/ffmpeg-virtual-camera-guid... I used that back in the days in 2019 / early 2020 when it was not yet possible to share your screen on msteams under wayland in chrome and firefox.
        distances 9mo ago
        Thanks!