[ubuntu-uk] Webconferencing - what do you use?

[Simon Greenwood]

On 20 February 2010 11:14, Markie <mark.curtis.1970 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I often use webconferencing tools as part of my job, to view customers
> desktops and sometimes take control etc. All the tools ive used so far like
> "webex" and "teamviewer" run only on Windows, even our own webconferencing
> tools within the company I work only runs on IE as it uses active X
> controls.
>
> I know VNC is useful but the problem here that often the customers are on
> their own internal networks and myself likewise am operating from within my
> company's network so only regular ports like port 80 are open and also our
> machines will have private IPs
>
> So Im wondering if anyone use a web-based conferencing tool that works on
> linux and is free? I have used some that work purely on java so they worked
> fine on Linux and Windows alike but these were still subscription based
> services that the customers companies paid for.
>
> I guess im hoping for too much? :-)
>
>
>
You might want to look at Yuuguu[1], who provide cross-platform conferencing
and screen sharing at a reasonable price.

If you want to run your own solution have a look at Ignite Realtime[2],
which provides messaging and realtime collaboration servers. There's also
Echoserver[3] for desktop sharing.

1. www.yuuguu.com
2. www.igniterealtime.org
3. www.echogent.com

Simon



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