For myself I just spool up a galene instance when I want to video chat someone, (honestly almost never, so not really a great recommendation ). but it is pretty easy to get running on my obsd vps.
The theory is that instead of sitting on some third party centralized video chat service, I can sit on my own, and if anybody wants to talk they can "call" me by joining in. I theory I would "call" them by joining their instance, but... yeah, you can stop laughing now. but yeah, it does turn out that I am only one in my small circle of friends and family who likes running a server.
roscas · 6h ago
There are better alternatives that do not use electron because each time you use a program based on electron it tells Google what you are doing, it connects to Google.
It's like vscode based on electron but that also connects to all Microsoft related crap.
tonytamps · 4h ago
Source needed. Based on my reading it only tracks users if the developer has configured tracking and there is no inherent tracking.
jhbadger · 4h ago
There is no information in this article whether you can share your screen wuth Matrix (essential for any serious meeting) Can you?
Arathorn · 4h ago
Matrix is a protocol, and it supports screensharing both on legacy VoIP and newstyle MatrixRTC group e2ee calling. Most Matrix clients (eg Element) support screensharing - one exception is Element X on mobile, which can view but not share.
takeshi9 · 2h ago
To me the conclusion would be that there are no serious alternatives. Or did I miss something?
https://galene.org/
The theory is that instead of sitting on some third party centralized video chat service, I can sit on my own, and if anybody wants to talk they can "call" me by joining in. I theory I would "call" them by joining their instance, but... yeah, you can stop laughing now. but yeah, it does turn out that I am only one in my small circle of friends and family who likes running a server.