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If the claim that the Linux client is no longer able to join calls is true, I think the Skype team really needs to respond. Microsoft has been doing all sorts

If the claim that the Linux client is no longer able to join calls is true, I think the Skype team really needs to respond. Microsoft has been doing all sorts of cool things lately and it's odd that the Skype team hasn't been a part of this movement toward a modern, multi-platform world. In my little corner of that world as the owner of an agency which spends money on Skype credit every day and uses Skype for a healthy part of our business communications, if Linux users start having trouble connecting to calls we are done with Skype immediately. There are enough alternatives out there nowadays that we will drop this tool.

phillc73 11y ago
> If the claim that the Linux client is no longer able to join calls is true, I think the Skype team really needs to respond. I made a call this morning (6 hours ago) and it worked[0] at that time. I'm not on the same machine right now, but it is a Debian 8 64-bit build. Just installing Skype was a total pain. If there was a viable alternative that had all the services Skype offers (Skype-Out and local numbers as well as the usual video/voice calling) I'd switch to it. However, I also need to convince my 70 year old Mum, on the other side of the world, who still uses Windows XP, because she's "used to it", and doesn't own a smartphone to switch too. I've just seen ring.cx mentioned above and might investigate further. [0] Worked: The person on the other end could hear and see me.
- pbhjpbhj 11y ago
  Ring.CX sounds like it would be a sex-chat phone line, ... Shouldn't matter but it does, it's the GIMP effect.
junto 11y ago
This might not be the ops problem but the following solved this for me. I had used a bunch of firewall rules to block ads. Inadvertently that blocker blocked key IPs and domains that Skype requires to make group calls and chats. Switching those off made Skype work normally again.
mkrfox 11y ago
Telegram already has all the pieces needed to add voice chat on all the platforms it supports. I wouldn't be surprised if eating Skype's lunch is part of their monetization plan.

phillc73 11y ago

> If the claim that the Linux client is no longer able to join calls is true, I think the Skype team really needs to respond. I made a call this morning (6 hours ago) and it worked[0] at that time. I'm not on the same machine right now, but it is a Debian 8 64-bit build. Just installing Skype was a total pain. If there was a viable alternative that had all the services Skype offers (Skype-Out and local numbers as well as the usual video/voice calling) I'd switch to it. However, I also need to convince my 70 year old Mum, on the other side of the world, who still uses Windows XP, because she's "used to it", and doesn't own a smartphone to switch too. I've just seen ring.cx mentioned above and might investigate further. [0] Worked: The person on the other end could hear and see me.

pbhjpbhj 11y ago
Ring.CX sounds like it would be a sex-chat phone line, ... Shouldn't matter but it does, it's the GIMP effect.

junto 11y ago

This might not be the ops problem but the following solved this for me. I had used a bunch of firewall rules to block ads. Inadvertently that blocker blocked key IPs and domains that Skype requires to make group calls and chats. Switching those off made Skype work normally again.

mkrfox 11y ago

Telegram already has all the pieces needed to add voice chat on all the platforms it supports. I wouldn't be surprised if eating Skype's lunch is part of their monetization plan.