BeepJan 26

France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials

https://lemmus.org/post/19676136

Show threadBlisterexe

This is only a part of france’s “LaSuite” (very original name guys), that seemingly will replace every equivalent american service.

lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr

They generally work pretty well (demo on the site) and are a mix of homegrown solutions and rebrands of existing projects like matrix. All of them are open source.

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Show threadcygnusJan 26
They should have called it “du coup” for that authentic frenchness.
Show threadWanderingThoughtsJan 26
I’d also accept Honhon
Show threadartyomJan 26

And all their videos are on Peertube!

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Show threadozonedJan 26
Sadly they don’t allow anyone to follow their instance, so finding their videos and interacting isn’t possible. But at least it’s a step.
Show threadartyomJan 26
You can follow from PieFed 🙂
Show threadtrololololJan 27
I guess they’re all cloud tools? Or is there something I can install in my laptop?
Show threadBlisterexeJan 27
They’re all cloud tools, but if you have a spare computer and some knowledge you can host it yourself.
Show threadtrololololJan 28
Yes and yes but no interest in self hosting
Show threadRailcar8095Jan 27
And the apps have docker for easy setup! I was expecting something very convoluted and not suitable for tinkerers. What’s good/bad is that the the apps seem to be deployed independently. Would love to have single user for everything. Need to read a bit further to see how it’s done
Show threadBlisterexeJan 27

To have a single user with multiple services you usually use a separate oauth provider, in the french government’s case that’s France connect but authelia is a good self-hosted option.

It’s possible these ones have a built-in system for this though, I haven’t checked.

Show threadRailcar8095Jan 27

I might not have explained well. Not only a single user, but a connected one. If I’m in the chat app and want to share a file, to show automatically my cloud drive, to jump from text chat to video call video call or to have a notification on the chat app when an invite with a video call is received.

As much as I hate MS, almost everything I do with teams and outlook alone.

Show threadBlisterexeJan 27
tbh I really don’t know for this solution, but you might like nextcloud, it’s exactly what you’re looking for, each part of the site is connected in that way.
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Show threadRailcar8095Jan 27

Thanks, I used to have it. It died on me multiple times in the past (I’m sure I’m ultimately at fault) so I’m a bit wary.

For lasuite I’m thinking about it’s long term staying power in France institutions and adaption by other agencies/companies.

There will be a big pushback by users, so the smoother the better

Show threadBlisterexeJan 27
Yeah nextcloud is a bit of a beast to manage alone. Tell you what, I’ll try selfhosting LaSuite sometime and I’ll tell you if it has it or not.