Run the perfect video-conference session
When it comes to web conferencing, Jitsi is king of the hill. Don’t believe us? Back in LXF217 it won our video-conferencing group test hands down with five-star ratings across the board. Take a trip to the project’s home page at https://jitsi.org and you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a slightly fragmented project with a multitude of different tools, but ultimately Jitsi can be boiled down to two basic products.
These days, Jitsi is focused on its web-based Jitsi Meet platform (https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet), designed as an open-source and free alternative to the likes of Zoom. The other product is a throwback to Jitsi’s early existence as a multi-platform chat tool, but while Jitsi Desktop still has its own website (https://desktop.jitsi.org), development ceased four years ago.
For this reason we’re going to concentrate on Jitsi Meet, but if you’re desperate to run Jitsi Desktop then check out the box (page 62) for the workaround required to get it up and running in your current distro.
Why Jitsi Meet?
The obvious reasons to choose over other web conference platforms are the fact it’s both open source – so completely transparent – and free for both personal and commercial use with
