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    From Oli@21:1/151 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:52:07
    On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:32:00 -0700
    "poindexter FORTRAN -> Vk3jed" <0@122.4.21> wrote:

    I've only got 8 gb of RAM in my desktop, and I've been using it over
    my laptop for the dual monitors, nice keyboard, mouse, etc.

    Using Teams, Slack, Outlook and OneDrive in a browser uses less
    memory and works pretty much as well than using the standalone
    clients.

    I haven't tried Zoom yet, I have a Zoom call later this week and will
    see if they have a web option.

    Last time I used it I didn't see the link to the web option. The zoom website tries to shove you an app down the throat, but there is a "join from your browser" link. The Zoom app might be the better option though (I haven't compared the native Zoom app vs. browser, but it's not a 100 MB electron app, only 10 MB on disk).

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  • From Oli@21:1/151 to Vk3jed on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 11:48:17
    On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:56:00 +1100
    "Vk3jed -> Oli" <0@109.1.21> wrote:

    On 03-23-20 09:47, Oli wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    I try to stay away from zoom, but had to use it yesterday. The
    quality was shitty as always, didn't even work on my phone. Th
    UI is also not very good. Does that mean that other solutions
    are even worse? I had good experiences with
    Jitsi Meet (and it works in the browser).

    I've had good results with Zoom. As for browser based, that's good
    and bad. I prefer not to have my browser doing the meeting, because
    I may be doing something else, and crash it (or need to restart the broser). And besides, I use a phone, not a PC for online meetings nowadays.

    Experience can vary depending on the network connections, hardware, OS and if people use headsets, joining via phone call or if you are talking to a group of
    people far away from the microphone. If you found something that is working well for your group, stick with it :).

    There is a Jitsi meet app for Android and iOS too.

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Oli on Thursday, March 26, 2020 20:09:00
    On 03-25-20 11:48, Oli wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Experience can vary depending on the network connections, hardware, OS
    and if people use headsets, joining via phone call or if you are
    talking to a group of
    people far away from the microphone. If you found something that is working well for your group, stick with it :).

    Yes, there are many variables, but Zoom seems to be doing the job for now. One of the guys has a fixed wireless Internet connection that can be iffy at times, but he still gets reasonable results.

    And of course, for "social" meets, ham radio still works well! :D


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  • From Oli@21:1/151 to Vk3jed on Thursday, March 26, 2020 17:26:41
    On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:09:00 +1100
    "Vk3jed -> Oli" <0@109.1.21> wrote:

    On 03-25-20 11:48, Oli wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Experience can vary depending on the network connections,
    hardware, OS and if people use headsets, joining via phone call
    or if you are talking to a group of
    people far away from the microphone. If you found something
    that is working well for your group, stick with it :).

    Yes, there are many variables, but Zoom seems to be doing the job for
    now. One of the guys has a fixed wireless Internet connection that
    can be iffy at times, but he still gets reasonable results.

    "Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don't Have a Facebook Account"

    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/

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