Somehow I collect low-powered laptops, and it would be nice to video chat on them without teetering on the edge of my desktop being frozen while I do it. Unfortunately, aside from Zoom - which doesn’t have an ARM+Linux client - most of the video conferencing software I know of are WebRTC-based.

My question - can anyone suggest video conferencing software that is speedier than your average browser-based solution? I expect that whatever it is will require the other end to run the same software, and that’s ok.

For reference, Google Meet and Jitsi Meet are the two I’ve tried. I briefly tried Teams, but it was having none of it.

Thank you!

  • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
    4·
    27 days ago

    Somehow I collect low-powered laptops.

    Don’t lie to us. It’s not a mystery. I can almost guarantee 80%+ of the people in this thread have something they both collect and pretend it’s a mystery/weird that they do.

    I used to collect fixed blade knives. Had to give them away when I moved to the UK, not worth the hassle if I was asked about it.

    Now I have the start of a collection of old mini-synths that I keep meaning to circuit bend but never get around to.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    28 days ago

    That would probably depend on the hardware acceleration for video encoding and decoding on your particular system. Doing it in software, especially for low-spec devices, is going to greatly limit your resolution and quality if you want a reasonable frame rate.

  • ManicMambo@lemmy.world
    1·
    26 days ago

    I somehow collect old laptops too, fellow non-collector. Gotta stop this hobby before it gets out of control.