[Server-devel] [XSCE] [Off Topic] More Linux users facing skype issues

[Sameer Verma]

Ring had a lot of active development. I've been using it since back when it
was called SFLPhone.

Sameer
On Apr 1, 2016 6:25 PM, "Anish Mangal" <anishmg at umich.edu> wrote:

> Unfortunately, Antox - The Tox client for Android is quite buggy, and
> AFAIK, doesn't support audio/video calling.
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com> wrote:
>
>> I’d also like to second that you guys look into Tox:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(protocol). There are iOS/Android, OS
>> X, (numerous) Windows and Linux clients.
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2016, at 6:34 AM, Anish Mangal <anishmg at umich.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> https://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/03/31/1956218/skype-for-linux-dead-or-just-resting
>>
>> http://nickforall.nl/skype/
>>
>> and of-course
>>
>> https://www.stallman.org/skype.html
>>
>>
>> This is not an excuse for not joining the weekly calls (sorry for that),
>> but it has made it quite a bit harder to join skype calls, if you happen to
>> run purer (purely) free software based software.
>>
>> I have an android phone with Cyanogenmod, and only f-droid (none of the
>> google spyware). There is no way to get skype to run on it.
>>
>> Skype doesnt work on my fedora 21 box.
>>
>> The only way I am able to connect is via a VM running Linux mint.
>>
>>
>> So far, it's been mostly me creating noise (and apologies for that), but
>> I will continue to do so from time to time. Hopefully someone else who
>> joins these calls regularly in the community values freedom.
>>
>> ==Alternatives==
>>
>> So far, I have found the  following alternatives.
>> 1. Tox (http://tox.chat) - It has bad support for android, but it's
>> linux client seems to work well
>>
>> 2. Ring (http://ring.cx) - It seems to have good support for android,
>> and ofcourse Linux/Windoze/OSX
>>
>> 3. Mumble - This is widely used by many communities and well supported on
>> most platforms
>>
>> 4. Having a SIP server - There are all kinds of apps that can connect to
>> a SIP server,* including from within the browser* as well (see sip.js).
>> This is also easy enough to host, and not bandwidth consuming. Willing to
>> offer to setup one if someone can offer server space.
>>
>> Anyway, all this is not to say, i wont join calls, I am sorry for that,
>> but just making aware of where things are headed skype-wise.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Anish
>>
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> Anish
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