[Dprglist] SRS contest

[Doug Paradis]

After doing an update / upgrade, my Rpi4 can join the meeting without
downloading an app on the Chromium browser.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 1:46 PM Doug Paradis <paradug at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, just found this.
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-os-update-microsoft-teams-zoom-and-google-meet-now-run-better/
> . Looks like I might need to try an upgrade / update on my Rpi.
> Regards,
> Doug P.
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 1:43 PM Doug Paradis <paradug at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tried a Rpi4 using chromium, when the link opens it says that the browser
>> is not supported, and to use Chrome or Edge, or download the Linux
>> application. This will not work for my Rpi since I'm still using the 32bit
>> version. Anyway, just another datapoint.
>> Regards,
>> Doug P.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 1:36 PM Murray Altheim via DPRGlist <
>> dprglist at lists.dprg.org> wrote:
>>
>>> My guess on Centos is that your installed version is not up to date
>>> enough
>>> to have the necessary library dependencies, and RPM's dependency
>>> management
>>> isn't IMO as good as Debian's so it doesn't know how to resolve the
>>> issue.
>>> YMMV. I seem to remember from work (where we use Centos) that one is
>>> somewhat forced to either use an older version like Centos 7 that works
>>> or
>>> a newer version that doesn't quite.
>>>
>>> Not that I want it on my machine but I did manage to install Microsoft
>>> Teams (apparently the "Preview" version is what I downloaded) via the
>>> Debian
>>> package for Ubuntu using the link I'd provided here. I know in 2021 it's
>>> pointless to harp about privacy and tracking and how with free software
>>> we are the product, but upon opening Teams I'm once again forced to
>>> either
>>> log in or create a Microsoft account.
>>>
>>> As I don't want to be tracked by Microsoft by creating a new account
>>> (it's
>>> bad enough I've been forced by circumstance to create a Google account) I
>>> have now uninstalled Teams.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Murray
>>>
>>> On 17/01/21 8:18 am, David Anderson via DPRGlist wrote:
>>> > Yeah, I did the same thing for the rpm packages, as I running CentOS.
>>> Installation sez it has a bunch of unresolved dependencies, which I suppose
>>> I could resolve with some effort. Not really willing to go to that much
>>> trouble for a one-off.
>>> >
>>> > Good luck Donna.
>>> >
>>> > dpa
>>>
>>> ...........................................................................
>>> Murray Altheim <murray18 at altheim dot com>                       = =
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