I do a lot of interviews using Skype screen sharing, and even though I'm on OSX a lot of people I pair with use Linux. Shortsighted move to deprecate before feature-parity in my opinion; will move away from Skype as soon as possible.
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Due to instability and memory/race condition issues with the new sykpe app, I've been using Pidgin and the skypeweb plugin: https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypewe... This works well for me since most of my skype traffic is chats, but I have to load the new skype app for calls.
Nitpick, I assume by "race condition" you mean "used lots of CPU". This is a common colloquial conflation, but race conditions [1] (which are not generally identifiable without aid of a debugger and the application's source code) and high CPU usage are unrelated concepts. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_condition
You're right. I didn't throw a debugger at it. It seems to randomly ramp up CPU load and stay high until I kill the process.
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#83Can anyone suggest a Linux video calling app that auto answers calls. That is from a headless server. I use mine as a baby monitor and Skype has a great feature where you can allow it to auto answer from know callers (only myself). It seems to already be broken with newest Android app.
Is being a video call app a requirement? It sounds like you'd probably be better suited with a webcam/streaming tool that supports authentication.
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#84As others are saying, the new Electron-based app is so bad on so many levels. Recently it has been failing to deliver incoming messages. They don't even appear, it just causes confusion to anyone trying to have a text conversation. Plus the lack of features that versions for other platforms have. At this point it's just better to use web.skype.com on a browser tab. I find that more reliable than the Electron client.…
What I don't understand is what is so complicated. Chat apps aren't exactly rocket science (pretty much the opposite) and have been around since the 90s. Only the live video is more complicated but that doesn't seem to be the main problem with the linux app.
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#85Well, apparently I won't be able to call landlines anymore with it (e.g: my family abroad). This was the last piece of Microsoft software I was using, but you know what? fuck it... ~ sudo dpkg --remove skype Removing skype ... I am removing it from my phone too. Microsoft <3 Linux, yeah right.
>> apparently I won't be able to call landlines anymore with it
That's not so apparent... over here[1] one can read about "Calling updates: Calls to mobiles and landlines with Skype credit" in the Linux Beta version 5 release on March 1st.
[1] https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/03/01/the-skype-for-linux-...
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#86What is the good alternative to Skype? Slack? but it also based on the Electron.
It seems hard to find a new messaging app that isn't based on Electron.
Mumble is still around, Matrix/Riot seems to be coming along nicely and I think they have voice calls now.
For my group of friends, we just gave in and use Discord now, despite being Electron it does fit our needs pretty well.
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#87Maybe it's a good thing.
It might give some needed push to Mumble and Tox, or even apps like Wire and Telegram. But they are too many and I don't think these smaller communication ecosystems can even talk to each other seamlessly (haven't used them as any inter-platform scenario).
I didn't mention Signal because it doesn't have a desktop app (that Chrome app not counted).
Links: https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Main_Page, https://tox.chat, https://about.riot.im, https://matrix.org, https://telegram.org
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#88As others are saying, the new Electron-based app is so bad on so many levels. Recently it has been failing to deliver incoming messages. They don't even appear, it just causes confusion to anyone trying to have a text conversation. Plus the lack of features that versions for other platforms have. At this point it's just better to use web.skype.com on a browser tab. I find that more reliable than the Electron client.…
I've used Skype on linux and found that their web version was bad, I have to refresh the page frequently to keep up to date. And the biggest disadvantage that I found was I can't make video call with other people, though I get clear audio. I found out when I was video calling for an interview who was using Windows 10, and the interviewer got mad because I can't provide a proper video call (Skype was the only option).
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What reliable alternatives would you suggest?
This will sound crazy but with the Discord or Twitch App are rock solid, but they are gamer focus and also they are electron apps (I have mostly positive experience with electron apps myself, VS Code and RStudio). I do like mumble and ran my own server for years, but client wise it is not as easy.
Did you try riot.im ?
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#90What is the good alternative to Skype? Slack? but it also based on the Electron.
It seems hard to find a new messaging app that isn't based on Electron. Mumble is still around, Matrix/Riot seems to be coming along nicely and I think they have voice calls now. For my group of friends, we just gave in and use Discord now, despite being Electron it does fit our needs pretty well.
Been using riot.im for voice calls and it has been working quite well. Haven't tested video call yet.