▲ 762 ▼ France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoom (itsfoss.com) submitted 6 months ago* by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments La Suite Meet: https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet
[–] gdaofb27584@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children) Also, French engineering has a habit of turning sound concepts into messy overengineerd but underbuilt results Any example ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago The Pompidou. They haven't even put the facade on it yet! permalink fedilink source parent [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 point 5 months ago I've had several French cars, starting with an R4. That one was good, did exactly what it was designed to do. Next I had Talbot Horizon, an american (Chrysler) car with a very good diesel engine. Then I had a Peugeot 505, that had a good engine that was over complicated to the extreme, to the point that the oli overflow pipe litrelly crossed over from one side of the engine to the other, a truly brain dead design. Also the electrics in the back were literally routed under the rear light seals, so a seal failure meant that the electrical system shorted when it rained, the central locking and windows actuators had similar design flaws. I also had a Xara, which had several secondary ecus, which had to be progressively eliminated , until I sent the thing to the scrap yard, out of despair, despite having a sound body and engine. I'm in Europe, and I sometimes play the game of observing how many old cars (15+ years) I spot by nationality. Plenty of German, Spanish, Czech, Japanese and Korean. Very few Italian or French. My daily driver now is a 26 year old Skoda. I do all maintenance. In nearly 500.000 km, it has had zero major failures. A few minor things, starter (Bosch), two window regulators, a CV joint, and the usual, belts, clutch, brake pads... Consumables. I love how logical the engine bay is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago The Pompidou. They haven't even put the facade on it yet! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 point 5 months ago I've had several French cars, starting with an R4. That one was good, did exactly what it was designed to do. Next I had Talbot Horizon, an american (Chrysler) car with a very good diesel engine. Then I had a Peugeot 505, that had a good engine that was over complicated to the extreme, to the point that the oli overflow pipe litrelly crossed over from one side of the engine to the other, a truly brain dead design. Also the electrics in the back were literally routed under the rear light seals, so a seal failure meant that the electrical system shorted when it rained, the central locking and windows actuators had similar design flaws. I also had a Xara, which had several secondary ecus, which had to be progressively eliminated , until I sent the thing to the scrap yard, out of despair, despite having a sound body and engine. I'm in Europe, and I sometimes play the game of observing how many old cars (15+ years) I spot by nationality. Plenty of German, Spanish, Czech, Japanese and Korean. Very few Italian or French. My daily driver now is a 26 year old Skoda. I do all maintenance. In nearly 500.000 km, it has had zero major failures. A few minor things, starter (Bosch), two window regulators, a CV joint, and the usual, belts, clutch, brake pads... Consumables. I love how logical the engine bay is. permalink fedilink source parent