Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Brian Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: Zoom- best practice? Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:20:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Sun Jun 7 22:17:54 2020 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.75 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Backscatter: 123456789 User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/763493 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/07062020225509.f633bcace896@desktop.copernicus.org.uk Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 24 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 23:17:39 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <07062020225509.f633bcace896@desktop.copernicus.org.uk> X-Original-References: <9472a5cc-3c26-3f2a-f90e-f72234b4a858@sdi-baja.com> <7cd82d2e-2546-816f-f499-e4cd26dad36e@gmx.de> <20200607183435.GA4007@tuxteam.de> <20200607183755.gbgcs5xlcreact66@phare.normalesup.org> <20200607185530.GA4992@tuxteam.de> <20200607185754.3w7sfgedfmm52tzi@phare.normalesup.org> <20200607191908.GB4992@tuxteam.de> <07062020205432.5780d02258c8@desktop.copernicus.org.uk> <20200607202456.GA7543@tuxteam.de> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:223217 On Sun 07 Jun 2020 at 22:24:56 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:07:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > Nicolas George states the obvious. All modern VoIP involves immense > > resources to deliver to users. > > A bit handwawy at that point: do you mean it's a complex programming > task or it needs network resources (bandwidth, low latency)? Both, but mainly the latter. And lots of organisation and money. > > Resources cost money. Linux Central is out of funds. > > Who is Linux Central? The entity that funds VoIP facilities like Zoom and WhatsApp. It doesn't exist and never will. Therefore, there will never be any Libre Software competitors to the commercial videoconferencing offerings. -- Brian.