Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1

Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by baldfat on Friday June 09, 2017 @10:52AM (#14521775)

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.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by Filligree on Friday June 09, 2017 @11:09AM (#14521925)

I use Discord for all sorts of things, not just games. What features do you find it's missing that would be useful?

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by half-kh-hacker on Friday June 09, 2017 @11:21AM (#14522016)

The main complaints that I have seen are with video calling and screen-sharing.

These should be added soon™, though.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by Filligree on Friday June 09, 2017 @12:26PM (#14522449)

Ah, fair enough. That's what I've been using Hangouts for, and I don't think it'll change, but more competition is always welcome.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by RUG3Y on Friday June 09, 2017 @11:30AM (#14522087)

I was introduced to the Twitch app through some gaming friends and I was surprised at how solid it is. It's actually really good.

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by kuon on Friday June 09, 2017 @12:01PM (#14522292)

Did you try riot.im ?

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by baldfat on Friday June 09, 2017 @12:53PM (#14522616)

That UI. I rather just use my IRC with Weechat on Freenode

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Re:Microsoft to retire Skype Linux app on July 1 by mynewtb on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:21PM (#14523285)

You can choose from a whole catalog of alternative clients.

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