Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
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Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
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Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#2As a long term Ubuntu user, I appreciate this much.
As a Samsung SmartTV owner, I'm curious how long will it take for Microsoft to bring back Skype for this platform.
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#3Sweet. I was just struggling today with the old Skype on Ubuntu from 2014. Wouldn't receive files properly. This is a god send.
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#4Now that Android Apps hit ChromeOS Dev on Asus Flip, Pixel 2015, and R11, I'm not sure what more point there is for a web-version of Skype (on Chrome and ChromeOS) - except that Android Apps will not obviously be available for older devices. Still, glad to see progress is being made, because this has been a long-standing issue for further adoption of the ChromeOS platform.
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#5Now if they only restore the quality of actual Skype calls/video that would be great. I see a significant deterioration of quality over time. I can't remember a skype call that wasn't disconnected, a conference call that someone didn't get muffled or a video call that worked well in recent time. I've been trying to use hangouts for most conf calls because of that.
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#6I wonder why the webrtc video calls only work on Chrome(OS) and not other modern browsers (Firefox, and even Brave which is also a Blink based browser).
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#7This is fantastic news - Skype is a decent product, and fairly universal, but it also happens to be NSA spyware. I'll now use it, because it's sandboxed within a web page!
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#8By way of a plug, you can 2-way connect Skype chat with a few other services: https://sameroom.io/integrations/skype-integrations
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#9Am I the only one that is disappointed that they no longer have a native Linux app? (The original Skype used QT)
Re: Skype for Linux Alpha and Calling on Chrome and Chromebooks
#10Is satya stupid or something? What is wrong with microsoft? Why does it take so long to bring it to chromebooks and its still Beta? Chromebook doesn't run useless operating system like "Windows" and doesn't have any complexity. Why do you need people to beta test? Are you really that stupid?