On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 2:46 PM Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Sep 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > A virtual clinic is a possible alternative, but I can foresee some > > difficulties. For example, quite often at the clinics we have someone > > bring in a computer and want to install Linux on it. Usually the person > > has already tried and failed. Usually we are successful, but getting > > the job done often requires sitting in front of the screen. How can we > > help when the person's computer doesn't have an OS yet? > > > > There are lots of other software problems that are hard to troubleshoot > > without seeing the user's screen. I have used Zoom a few times, but I > > don't know if there is a way to make my full screen viewable by others, > > i.e., seeing error messages or terminal windows that are not part of > > the browser window. > > > > I might add that we also frequently have hardware issues that require > > screwdrivers and other tools to deal with. Does Zoom have a feature > > where I can stick my hand through the Zoom tab in my browser and have > > it come out on another user's screen, complete with a screwdriver? > > The other limitation of Zoom (or Webex or Teams) meetings is that > there is only One Conversation. In real life, a group meeting allows > side chats or walking away from an uninteresting conversation. Virtual > meetings, as far as I know, don't have the technology to support > conversations between subsets of the larger group.
There are solutions to this, including gathertown and workadventu.re. Your avatar wanders around and it pops up a video conference when you are close enough to others. > > -- > Paul Heinlein > [email protected] > 45.38° N, 122.59° W
