[Dprglist] SRS contest

[Doug Paradis]

David,
     The team webpage has three options: Download the Windows Application,
Continue on this browser, and Open your Teams app. I picked the Continue on
this browser option.
Regards,
Doug P.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 2:12 PM Doug Paradis <paradug at gmail.com> wrote:

> David,
>     I just went to robothron.org and clicked on the virtual contest link
> in the middle of the page. I then clicked the MS meeting link. It popped up
> a window to open a helper app, but I cancelled and opened the "browser
> option". Everything worked fine after that.
> Regards,
> Doug P.
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 2:08 PM Doug Paradis <paradug at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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>                       =
>>>>> =  ===
>>>>> http://www.altheim.com/murray/
>>>>>  ===  ===
>>>>>                                                                     =
>>>>> =  ===
>>>>>      In the evening
>>>>>      The rice leaves in the garden
>>>>>      Rustle in the autumn wind
>>>>>      That blows through my reed hut.
>>>>>             -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu
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