Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by oskarth on Friday June 09, 2017 @08:39AM (#14520925)

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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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by lloeki on Friday June 09, 2017 @10:42AM (#14521699)

May I recommend https://appear.in, which has taken our office by storm, replacing an awkward mix of webex, zoom, hangouts and skype.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by fao_ on Friday June 09, 2017 @09:08AM (#14521050)

If you need an alternative, the company I have been at for the last year uses Zoom, and it's been fantastic. I started using it for mentoring recently.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by franciscop on Friday June 09, 2017 @10:05AM (#14521424)

You mean for codementor? I've been asked people to use Hangouts since I had some trouble with zoom, but it might be my lack of experience with zoom/bad instructions.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by phalangion on Friday June 09, 2017 @10:27AM (#14521594)

I do find the Zoom has some weird defaults, like automatically taking over the full screen. They also hide the settings in the app, and it's not possible to get there from the call screen. But overall I've been pleased with Zoom.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by mental_ on Friday June 09, 2017 @09:51AM (#14521326)

Why do you think it's "fantastic" compared to the alternatives?

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by marvel_boy on Friday June 09, 2017 @09:36AM (#14521224)

Yes, I also tried Zoom and is very good. It is very popular for mentoring and language classes.

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