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Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Re: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Post by vanderZwan »

nakedrobot2 wrote: post #31

Skype worked far, far better 10 years ago than it does today. From all indications I've seen, Skype is getting dramatically worse all the time. From a personal standpoint, it crashes for me multiple times a day and I can rarely get group calls working on the first try. Often Skype requires a force-quit and then it crashes twice more when it is being restarted. This is on Mac and Android. Fun fact: I have a friend who…

And when someone tries to innovate in this live group chat space, they get bought out[0]. I doubt we'll see the features of Talko in Skyp any time soon, and I expect whatever creative buzz they had going over at Talko will surely be killed by the forced reintegration into the Microsoft bureaucracy.

[0] http://www.talko.com/

Re: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Post by Arnt »

dogma1138 wrote: post #25
edent wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...and a Google account - which not everyone has / wants. Also, from my experiences, it needs a more powerful computer to run smoothly.

I've run Hangouts on a 1st gen netbook (Asus EEE PC) without any performance issues. The only times where performance could be an issue is when you are running a video conference call which technically Skype doesn't really supports (w/o a premium or business account).

It depends on the video driver.

Re: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Post by voltagex_ »

oever wrote: post #3

I'm a happy user of VOIP. Instead of using skype, I use SIP for which there are many computer programs. A good convenient program is CSipSimple. https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.csipsimple

CSIPSimple seems to be abandoned. Happy to be corrected. On my network it wasn't handling NAT rewriting at all so I couldn't connect to my ISP's SIP server.

Re: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Post by nik736 »

The Mac OS client is COMPLETELY BROKEN. Message orders change constantly, if you type fast the messages are jumping up and down constantly which is annoying since the order sometimes gets messed up.

Also the background colours of messages are bugged, sometimes my messages are grey, instead of being blue as they should be.

What the fuck?

Re: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Post by darklajid »

cujanovic wrote: post #29
SunShiranui wrote: post #18

Skype has been getting worse and worse over the years. Personally I've switched to Telegram for chats, and I'll be looking for alternatives as far as voice calls are concerned.

Did you try https://whispersystems.org/ ? There is a desktop version but it doesn't support voice: https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal-desktop/

Hmm. The parent says he needs voice though, no?

'Desktop version':

- it is a Chrome App (arguably not a desktop client?)

- it in (restricted) beta, aka not available

- the beta requires (acc. to the link you provided) "your Google account email"

Re: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Post by vanderZwan »

dogma1138 wrote: post #25
edent wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...and a Google account - which not everyone has / wants. Also, from my experiences, it needs a more powerful computer to run smoothly.

I've run Hangouts on a 1st gen netbook (Asus EEE PC) without any performance issues. The only times where performance could be an issue is when you are running a video conference call which technically Skype doesn't really supports (w/o a premium or business account).

In fact years ago I switched from Skype to Hangouts because Skype on Linux would crash all the time on my EEE PC, whereas Hangouts just worked.

Re: Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client

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Post by edent »

> but starting from February 22 the Linux client is unable to join calls

Hmmm... My Linux client just made a successful voice & video call to an OSX Skype client.

While it would be nice if Skype was properly maintained, I'm not sure quite what the "unable to join calls" bit is all about.

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