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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bob,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Thanks for the encouragement. This one sounds quite straight-forward, but I cheat <span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">(i.e., <span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">the lazy way) with Archive Manager (gui vs. tar in Terminal). - David</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div>
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On Thursday, April 30, 2020, 01:52:55 PM EDT, Annapolis Linux Users Group <lugstuff@annapolislinux.org> wrote:
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<div><br></div><div><div id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881"><div><div>From the website meet.google.com it appears that Google Meet will soon be free, but is being rolled out incrementally. It doesn't seem to have rolled my way yet.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regarding FreeConferenceCall.com, while it's interface is awkward and misleading, it does not require compiling, at least not insofar as requiring a gcc compiler using configure, make, make install.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">To install it, download the desktop application from their web site, unpack the tarball by typing tar -xvf FCC_installer.tar, and run the resulting .lin file. You can probably run it from the command line, preceded by chmod a+x filename, but the lazy way (i.e., my way) is just to click on it in your file manager (I'm using nemo). Hope this helps. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">I know that Zoom isn't open source, but compared to Zoom, FreeConferenceCall is a pain in the neck. It creates the perception that you must be on a telephone connection during the conference while you are using your computer. In actuality, using the "Invite" functionality allows bypassing the telephone requirement. Poor design, in my humble opinion.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> Bob<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> </div> <div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881yahoo_quoted" style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex;"> <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"> <div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881yqt4150275804" id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881yqt52097"><div> On Thursday, April 30, 2020, 01:12:10 PM EDT, Annapolis Linux Users Group <lugstuff@annapolislinux.org> wrote: </div> <div><br clear="none"></div> <div><br clear="none"></div> <div><div id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881"><div><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydpb2770b7dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div> <div dir="ltr"> I started experimenting with Linux in 2001, but I've never successfully installed a prog or app from tar (source, etc.). Sometimes the prog just does not work, but other attempts have required a reinstall.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> More complete instructions would help, because everyone does not know the omitted steps. Ordinary mortals wish the RFC required the inclusion of distro name, version, and a date on all documentation.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">(David descends from soap box)</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div> </div><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yahoo_quoted" id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yahoo_quoted_8756632551"> <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"> <div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881yqt0356613887" id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881yqt72929"><div> On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 05:15:10 PM EDT, Annapolis Linux Users Group <lugstuff@annapolislinux.org> wrote: </div> <div><br clear="none"></div> <div><div id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">I downloaded and extracted the tar file from their web site. Runs on Manjaro. Worth giving a try. Having said that, Google Meet is now free and runs through the browser.<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580gmail_quote"><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580yqt0766679270" id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580yqt68060"><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:50 PM Annapolis Linux Users Group <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div> <div dir="ltr"> I'm running Mint 18.3, and its Software Manager does not offer a <span><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Free Conference Call client (at least not by that name). - David</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div> </div><div id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580gmail-m_-133471706986848735ydpde7984ecyahoo_quoted_8322329807"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42);"> <div> On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:38:52 PM EDT, Annapolis Linux Users Group <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a>> wrote: </div> <div><br clear="none"></div> <div><div dir="ltr">Greetings...<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">The next Monday LUG meeting will be virtual.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">We will be using FreeConferenceCall.com to host the meeeting. Please download the client and be online at 7PM Monday. The meeting info will be posted to the list around 5PM on Monday. 'Free Conference Call' has Linux clients that can be run as a non-root user.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> Stay Healthy.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> ************************<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">END of LUG Announcement: 2020-04-29<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">sent from Python: 2020-04-29<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">************************ <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Lugstuff mailing list<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff</a><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Lugstuff mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff</a><br clear="none"></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yqt0766679270" id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881ydp8eca7882yqt48769">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Lugstuff mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881yqt0356613887" id="ydp8e2fe282yiv2788018881yqt89421">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Lugstuff mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="ydp8e2fe282yqt4150275804" id="ydp8e2fe282yqt49004">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Lugstuff mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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