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1. Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 12:04:30 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

   We have had our global family gatherings over Jitsi for many years and it has been brilliant. No login, no plugins or apps, just go to the room URL and it Just Works. We've been using the free instance at meet.jit.si.

   Today was very different. First someone had to log in to be moderator, and then we had issues with audio and video quality and lag. Capacity issues at Jitsi HQ? Do we get rid of the enforced moderator if we use a generated URL instead of a handwritten and short one that Jitsi warns is insecure?

   We will try again tomorrow, I will check our alternatives probably use some GAFAM solution. Do they work without everyone needing a login? I think so?

   That's short term. Long term I'll find another free software solution. Host my own BBB on a VPS? I don't know.

   • felix b. ohmann (fb@social.abraum.de)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 12:28:54 UTC felix b. ohmann

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     @clacke i run a jitsi installation in a kvm on my cheap hetzner server (2x 4 core, 32gb ram, /28 network, 10 virtual machines). installation and upgrading is easy, and it works fine up to 25-30 participants.
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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 13:34:49 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Jason_Dodd
     @Jason_Dodd The authentication is obviously deliberate. The network issue I'm wondering too.
   • Jason_Dodd (jason_dodd@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 13:34:50 UTC Jason_Dodd

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     @clacke i haven't used jitsi since my wife moved here. was this a planned chnage on their end or an issue?

   • Sam Whited (sam@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 22:46:08 UTC Sam Whited

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     @clacke Disroot runs Jitsi and theirs is still open, if you need a new provider: https://calls.disroot.org/

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