<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’d also like to second that you guys look into Tox:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(protocol)" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(protocol)</a>. There are iOS/Android, OS X, (numerous) Windows and Linux clients.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 1, 2016, at 6:34 AM, Anish Mangal <<a href="mailto:anishmg@umich.edu" class="">anishmg@umich.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/03/31/1956218/skype-for-linux-dead-or-just-resting" class="">https://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/03/31/1956218/skype-for-linux-dead-or-just-resting</a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://nickforall.nl/skype/" class="">http://nickforall.nl/skype/</a><br class=""><br class=""></div>and of-course<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.stallman.org/skype.html" class="">https://www.stallman.org/skype.html</a><br class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. <br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. <br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Skype doesnt work on my fedora 21 box.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The only way I am able to connect is via a VM running Linux mint. <br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">==Alternatives==<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So far, I have found the following alternatives.<br class=""></div><div class="">1. Tox (<a href="http://tox.chat/" class="">http://tox.chat</a>) - It has bad support for android, but it's linux client seems to work well<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">2. Ring (<a href="http://ring.cx/" class="">http://ring.cx</a>) - It seems to have good support for android, and ofcourse Linux/Windoze/OSX<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3. Mumble - This is widely used by many communities and well supported on most platforms<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4. Having a SIP server - There are all kinds of apps that can connect to a SIP server,<b class=""> including from within the browser</b> 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. <br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,<br class=""></div><div class="">Anish<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
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