How to use Jitsi (preferably web-browser version)
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Hi!
So, yeah, I tried it in Abrowser and it doesn't work, sends me right to the page about unsupported browsers and tells me I should use a Chrome browser.
I do have ungoogled-chromium installed but can't get the proxy settings for it to go through Tor so I would prefer not to use it.
Any other ideas? Searched apt for jitsi but can't find anything useful there, and the official appimage doesn't have proxy support as well.
I will be needing voice (and maybe video) calls soon, don't want to go to Google Meet (as some people have suggested me, which I am trying to avoid).
Thanks!
EDIT: Reason I am looking for Jitsi and not other options is because I will need to sometimes send a link to people who won't be going through the trouble of getting an account with an XMPP or anything, so just a link and they connect through their browser is really the best way. Also... not google ahha
Here is one instance that currently works:
More instances:
https://wiki.chatons.org/doku.php/services/visio-conference/jitsi#ailleurs
https://web.archive.org/web/20240228144340/https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/community/community-instances
Some of these are down, but there are still quite a few active ones to pick from.
Thanks.
Exactly, I tried disroot, and it sends me to the unsupported browser page (using Abrowser, Noscript is on but scripts allowed for main domain)
I always use https://visio.chapril.org (I am a member of the April association). It recommends the latest version of Firefox and works as well with the current version of Abrowser on Trisquel.
Thanks! That seems to do the trick! Only tried getting into the chat conversation, had no one else there to confirm if the audio did work, but still no complaining about the browser and permissions seemed ok as well! Thank you MB!!
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You can also use https://visio.chalec.org.
At first I did not get why the Chapril instance is not listed above. After a quick investigation, it appeared that April (and hence Chapril) quit the Chatons some years ago, declining to compromise on software freedom. The Chatons had a debate and voted to modify their charter so it is now fine for their members, under certain circumstances, to offer services based on non-free software, which April disagreed with, which is why they left.
I would still consider those lists of Jitsi Meet instances to be acceptable since they all offer a service based on software that is distributed under the GPL, but it may be a good idea to keep an updated list of instances hosted by communities who explicitly use, support and recommend libre software only.
I concur with Avron's testimony that it is possible to self-host without too much trouble, but this is not necessarily an option in all use cases.
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it may be a good idea to keep an updated list of instances hosted by communities who explicitly use, support and recommend libre software only.
Good suggestion.
The instance I mentioned is hosted by Libre en Communs (I am a member), who left chatons for the same reason like April. All machines use Gnuboot, they used to run Debian with Linux-libre but most if not all were migrated to Trisquel now.
> The Chatons had a debate and voted to modify their charter so it is now fine for their members, under certain circumstances, to offer services based on non-free software, which April disagreed with, which is why they left.
Thanks for mentioning this prospero. I did not know.
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I installed Jitsi on a VPS hosted by OVH, it is with Debian 12, I installed Jitsi with adding the repository and just apt install as in the installation instruction, no tweaking at all. I use it for video calls with 6 people including me, I always use abrowser and it works fine.
I don't know whether that would be different with Debian 13, or with specific add-ons or configuration.
Same here. I run my own instance of Jitsi on a VPS running GNU/Trisquel. My instance works fine for 1-to-1 calls though the VPS only has 1GB of RAM. I have not tested with my more users on a single call.