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Google Hangouts has always worked well for me and it's free. I'm curious why the paid alternatives are better.
I work on a cross platform team, i.e. Linux, macOS and sometimes WIndows. Zoom did us well, but then Slack calls appeared and its almost entirely replaced our usage. It works well, no complaints.
Uberconference.com, although admittedly I've seen Zoom frequently and I'm starting to see Google Meet in my org (ask but ubercobference support video). For audio, it federally depends on where people are calling from (India tends to eliminate a few potions), if it's internal, and the number (100+ changes things)
Screen sharing is very slick as well, so long as the sharer is using Chrome. The only thing I find missing is the ability to share mouse/keyboard control, but in typical conference settings that's usually not a frequently used feature.
I work on a cross platform team, i.e. Linux, macOS and sometimes WIndows. Zoom did us well, but then Slack calls appeared and its almost entirely replaced our usage. It works well, no complaints.
How did you make zoom.us work on Linux? It always seems to make try and download an .exe file. Zoom is one of the ever-decreasing uses for my emergency mac .
There's a link to the linux client download under "Sources"
Google Hangouts has always worked well for me and it's free. I'm curious why the paid alternatives are better.
And on top of all of that, Hangouts does not work at all on the new version of Firefox.
To be the boring voice here... Skype for Business. The calls themselves are fine, but the applications are garbage. I'd advise against the platform. Haven't tried MS Teams yet.
I remember having all kinds of issues, but it was a year ago.
To be the boring voice here... Skype for Business. The calls themselves are fine, but the applications are garbage. I'd advise against the platform. Haven't tried MS Teams yet.
It's great for large organisations, but do you use it often for cross-organisational calls? I remember having all kinds of issues, but it was a year ago.
At worst, it would be possible using our Skype meetings and phoning any external orgs in using the dial-in phone line. Not exactly elegant, but functional. (Hopefully that's not what they do, though...)
Our other solution, which we still use with customers and other external parties, is GoToMeeting (Citrix). It's about $180/year, I think. The app, despite being native, looks like something from 1995, and there's very little mobile app functionality to speak of, and also screen sharing is broadcast only, and it has some minor idiosyncrasies (for example, new people who join are muted initially, and the app's UI makes it ridiculously difficult to figure out how to unmute (hint: it's not the microphone icon next to your name)), but it does have several advantages:
* Audio and video is just rock solid. Unlike Google Hangouts, Slack and other web-based solutions, GoToMeeting just works. I can count the number of times we've had people struggle with audio/video on one hand. I don't know what the others are doing wrong (WebRTC?).
* You can dial in with a normal phone. This is useful when you have people who don't have/want the app, or if your Internet connection is slow or flaky.
* You can join a call very quickly even if you don't have the app. The invitation contains a link to an app download that, when opened, immediately joins the right call.
* You can record calls (including screen sharing).
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