Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread C Wills
Thanks for all the comments and will try on the desktop PC as my '/' directory is nearly full with 21 of 26 Gb's.  Don't know why as I've removed some progs but that's another problem for later. Will also try Ralph's idea of using the browser to our daughter in CH. C A Wills On 26/03/2020 16:2

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Clive, > we are being asked to go onto Zoom so w can use video linking with > various groups Get one of them to give you a ‘meeting ID’ for a test run. > My question is:- Linux Mint 19.08 has it in the repository but > comments something about it being a wrapper only. As someone else mention

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread David Wilkinson
I used Zoom on Ubuntu MATE 18.04 the other week, It was a support call with a vendor so didn't use a webcam but voice and screenshare was ok. I used the deb file from the Zoom site. There is also the option of running Zoom within the browser which should be fine for voice and video, while the br

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 26 March 2020 14:14:38 GMT Patrick Wigmore wrote: > I would probably try the .deb directly from their download page. It > claims compatibility with Linux Mint 17.1+. I tried the other way: https://flathub.org/apps/details/us.zoom.Zoom[1] I found the process a bit convoluted because

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread Patrick Wigmore
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:38:48 +, C Wills wrote: > Linux Mint 19.08 has it in the repository but comments something > about it being a wrapper only. > Does Zoom work and is there any problem with it please? I assume Zoom has a non-Free software license. (Free as in freedom.) Because of that, I

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread Victor Churchill
I had a similar situation and found that tryin to connect with Zoom on Linux complained when attempting to run xdg-open, with an alert saying "Failed to open URI zoommtg:// web04.zoom.us/join?action=join&confid=yadayadayada". Since I am running a Linux VM on a Windows laptop I just opened it in Win

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 26 March 2020 11:38:48 GMT C Wills wrote: > Does Zoom work and is there any problem with it please? Apparently there have recently been problems with all teleconferencing tools: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/16/zoom_teams_outage/[1] -- Terry Coles --

Re: [Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:38:48 +, ci...@cewland.uk said: > Does Zoom work and is there any problem with it please? Try it! Let me know if you'd like to set up a quick proof-of-concept call. -- Linux Tips: https://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/category/techtips/ -- Next meeting: BEC, Bourne

Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 26 March 2020 11:30:33 GMT PeterMerchant wrote: > Virtually the same problem, except that I got through the _all install ok, > and it is only the Viewer that failed dependencies, so I wonder if I need > that. The web site is a bit short on help on this. I couldn't see what > dependenci

[Dorset] Using ZOOM on Linus

2020-03-26 Thread C Wills
Hi all We are both OK but we are being asked to go onto Zoom so w can use video linking with various groups (family in CH, Lace groups in UK & Africa & Australia). My question is:- Linux Mint 19.08 has it in the repository but comments something about it being a wrapper only. Does Zoom work

Re: [Dorset] Donating computing power

2020-03-26 Thread PeterMerchant
On 25/03/2020 10:53, Terry Coles wrote: On Monday, 23 March 2020 16:47:37 GMT Tim Waugh wrote: In case you haven't seen stories about this elsewhere, I thought I'd share a couple of projects which may help us all out of this mess by harnessing otherwise-idle CPU/GPU time. https://foldingathome.