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

[Adam Holt]

One of our hackers in Haiti is of course a Linux diehard, who during our
weekly call today, kept being being blocked by Microsoft's
self-contradictory (and how am I supposed to upgrade??) message-of-death:

   "[user] unable to join this call as they need to update Skype first"

So we tried to hack Skype, by restarting the large group call to/between
Linux users first, and then adding all the other user incrementally from
there: Voila it worked flawlessly!

Conclusion: there can be no mistake understanding why this is happening.
Evidently Microsoft prefers Linux over all other OS's, and so going forth
we will abide by their thoughtful pragmatism, and always begin with Linux
for a harmonious experience by all.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 12:46 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Anish
>>
>>
>>
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