Linux usable Live Meeting - like or Webex-like online collaboration

[Dan Coutu]

Jerry, you can try out Yugma. It will run on Linux, Macintosh and the
dreaded Windows operating systems.

There is a free version and commercial versions (for large numbers of
people). They provide a non-toll-free phone number that you can use for
your session and have in Beta a new AV release that includes integrated
audio and video.

I learned about this because one of our old DEC UNIX colleagues had been
CEO there.

https://www.yugma.com/

I hope this helps!

Dan

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I am looking for a way that the Boston User Groups board members can
> conduct an online meeting to include features like voice as well as a
> web interface where we can post an agenda, add elements to the agenda,
> and have the secretary prepare the meeting report. We can get Windows
> Live Meeting free, but AFAIK, there are no live meeting clients that are
> usable from Linux. I have looked at
> http://www.btconferencing.com/btc/infocentre/guides/web/msolm/webaccess/?sel=gSched&sec=gWeb
> <http://www.btconferencing.com/btc/infocentre/guides/web/msolm/webaccess/?sel=gSched&sec=gWeb>
>
> While the BT conferencing package "supports" Unix, one of the
> limitations is no audio. One of the problems we have had is that our
> president has an online conferencing phone number, but he was tied up in
> Colorado and we did not have a way to carry on a meeting without him.
>
> My personal requirements:
> 1. Must support audio using Linux, Mac, or Windows systems
> 2. Must support some time of blackboarding capability other than simply
> sharing a desktop.
> 3. Should be able to list who is online similar to Webex, but not a
> requirement.
> I don't know how we would end up using it since we have some very
> different types of board members (including one who actually works in a
> Jail - he is an it manager).
>
> For audio only something like Skype would work, but the Skype Linux
> client is a bit old, but does work in Fedora 12 and Ubuntu 9.10.
> While I would prefer OpenSource, that is not a requirement. We would be
> willing to pay a small fee or add a sponsorship on the BUG website.
>
>
>
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