I'm trying to retire my Mac Mini 2014 which has been predominantly used for video conferencing. Wanting to move completely to Linux, I was interested in running WhatsAPP, Skype, and Zoom as replacements for Facetime. Skype and Zoom install to CentOS 8 no problem. Sadly, my parents only have WhatsApp. Okay, researching whatsapp I run into Franz. I paid for a personal use one year subscription, maybe I didn't need to. Seems like it is affordable though at around $35. One concern though, Franz appears to be a beta where GMAIL doesn't work out of the box complaining that I'm not using a secure browser. Android messaging works though which is nice. I have WhatsAPP, but I can't do video conferencing with it despite having a camera and microphone on my Linux system. On my Motorola G7 WhatsApp has the ability to video conference. Will they get out of Beta and will I get updates with my subscription?
Will I have to renew my subscription every year if I'm just interested in personal use or can I opt for ads/etcetera? I can take pictures in WhatsAPP, but I can't stream for some reason. The stream option is missing. -- Michael C. Robinson _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
