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From: Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Jitsi or Other Skype Alternative
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:35:07
Message-Id: 20130821113453.59b90543@marcec
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Jitsi or Other Skype Alternative by the
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5 schrieb the <the.guard@××××.ru>:
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10 > On 08/20/13 19:12, Randy Westlund wrote:
11 > > For a multitude of reasons, I'd like to get rid of skype. I've
12 > > heard several people mention jitsi, but was surprised to find that
13 > > it's not in the portage tree.
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15 > > Is jitsi being actively maintained in an overlay somewhere? Are
16 > > there plans to put jitsi in the main tree?
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18 > > Are there other other good alternatives to skype that are supported
19 > > on gentoo? What do you guys use?
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21 > Bear in mind that there's no free replacement for skype.
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23 Heise (used to be "The H" in English) recently mentioned Tox: http://tox.im/.
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25 If you can read German (or even if you can't, just to check the links), their
26 articles are:
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28 http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Skype-Alternative-Tox-einfach-verschluesselt-dezentral-1926996.html
29 http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Skype-Alternative-Tox-zum-Ausprobieren-1929033.html
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31 However, it's a very new project and the status is AFAIU "you can try it,
32 but don't rely on it just yet". Looking at the build instructions, a Gentoo
33 ebuild ought to be be fairly easy.
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35 Oh, and not to mention Mumble, which it seems more and more people are using
36 instead of Skype in the specific situations where it makes sense (conference
37 calls and such).
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39 HTH
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41 Marc Joliet
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43 "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we
44 don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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