Skype alternatives for Linux?

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Post by infinitebyte » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 12:46 PM UTC

Recently there was a HN article regarding no support for Skype Linux Clients [0]. What are the viable Skype alternatives for Linux now? The main use cases are one-to-one video chat and voip calls. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11165568

Re: Skype alternatives for Linux?

#2

Post by edibleEnergy » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 12:48 PM UTC

Chrome or Firefox using Google talk or an equivalent web based service works pretty well for me.

Re: Skype alternatives for Linux?

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Post by brudgers » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 2:38 PM UTC

Because of network effects, anything called "A Skype Alternative" is a "Skype Alternative." By which I mean that it's probably no more a an alternative to Skype than Facetime because some people are not on it.

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Post by noxin » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 2:47 PM UTC

I'm currently trying out Jitsi and XMPP. It seems to work well on new clients, on some older systems there are crashes when they go to sleep, which I couldn't fix yet.

Re: Skype alternatives for Linux?

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Post by infinitebyte » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 4:31 PM UTC

I am not exactly looking for Skype alternatives. Looking for video chat solutions in general. Are there any popular video chat solutions based on WebRTC? Have tried Firefox Hello, but it was a barebones solution without features like echo-cancellation etc.

Edited for clarity.