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Am Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:35:09 +0400
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schrieb the <the.guard@××××.ru>:
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> On 08/20/13 19:12, Randy Westlund wrote: |
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> > For a multitude of reasons, I'd like to get rid of skype. I've |
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> > heard several people mention jitsi, but was surprised to find that |
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> > it's not in the portage tree. |
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> > Is jitsi being actively maintained in an overlay somewhere? Are |
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> > there plans to put jitsi in the main tree? |
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> > Are there other other good alternatives to skype that are supported |
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> > on gentoo? What do you guys use? |
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> Bear in mind that there's no free replacement for skype. |
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Heise (used to be "The H" in English) recently mentioned Tox: http://tox.im/.
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If you can read German (or even if you can't, just to check the links), their
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articles are:
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http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Skype-Alternative-Tox-einfach-verschluesselt-dezentral-1926996.html
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http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Skype-Alternative-Tox-zum-Ausprobieren-1929033.html
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However, it's a very new project and the status is AFAIU "you can try it,
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but don't rely on it just yet". Looking at the build instructions, a Gentoo
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ebuild ought to be be fairly easy.
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Oh, and not to mention Mumble, which it seems more and more people are using
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instead of Skype in the specific situations where it makes sense (conference
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calls and such).
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HTH
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- --
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Marc Joliet
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- --
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"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we
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don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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