Browser-based conferencing solutions for ubuntu?

[Carl Friis-Hansen]

David M. Karr wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 05/07/2009 11:24 AM, Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
>>> David M. Karr wrote:
>>>> On Windows, I'm used to using Windows Live Meeting, so people in the 
>>>> meeting can share their desktop to facilitate meetings.
>>>>
>>>> What options do I have for Ubuntu, hopefully to communicate with other 
>>>> people on Windows boxes?
>>>>
>>> Ekiga Softphone is compatible with Netmeeting.  I have no idea if 
>>> netmeeting is the same as live meeting though.
>>>
>> More info:
>> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/FAQ
>>   http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Which_programs_work_with_Ekiga_%3F
>>
>> Add to that another possibility:
>>
>> http://www.dimdim.com/
>>
>> <http://www.dimdim.com/opensource/dimdim_open_source_community_edition.html>
>> [click on the video tour]
>> <http://www.linkingpeopletogether.com/avblog/?p=7>
>> [also see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/getdeb.net/+bug/240454]
> 
> One feature that I will need is to be able to share my desktop, or view 
> someone else's desktop.  That didn't appear to be possible with Dimdim, 
> and Ekiga appeared to be a little harder to experiment with, so I'm not 
> sure whether that can do that either.
> 

I just checked the menus in Ekiga and sadly it doesn't even remotely 
have the features that the old NetMeeting had/has.
I am 80% sure I used an application from the repos back in the days of 
version 6.x.  Someone else with a better brain than mine can lead you to 
the right package name and from there I suppose you can compile a 
version suited for the now.  The application was not far from Ekiga in 
interface, but you just needed to set the protocol to H323 and there was 
white-board, desktop, chat and possibly also camera.

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