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Skype is owned by Microsoft it's not a huge surprise that it's not a smooth experience on Linux. Linux is a different operating system with a different philoso
by Taek 10y ago
Skype is owned by Microsoft it's not a huge surprise that it's not a smooth experience on Linux.
Linux is a different operating system with a different philosophy. There are windows-y distros, but and the end of the day the core is very different and the UX is very different.
Switching to Linux is not like switching brands of cars. It's more like switching from a car to a motorcycle. The rules are different, the ride is different, the functioning knowledge you need is different. Don't expect your car-seat to work anymore, you'll need a different product entirely to achieve the same function.
Especially if you are switching for philosophical reasons, I'd say just bite the bullet and learn to adjust. There are a lot of huge benefits, but also a lot of things you're used to just won't work anymore.
I haven't touched Windows in 3 years. You definitely don't need it.
- lima 10y agoThe new web client supports audio calls in Chrom(e|ium) on Linux nowadays. rm -rf /opt/skype
- danieldk 10y agoSkype is owned by Microsoft it's not a huge surprise that it's not a smooth experience on Linux. Linux is a different operating system with a different philosophy. There are windows-y distros, but and the end of the day the core is very different and the UX is very different. This is quite an irrelevant point. macOS is also very different from Windows, from the POSIX API (which makes it very similar to Linux) to Cocoa. And yet Skype works fine. The real reason is more likely to be that Microsoft just doesn't want to support Linux properly. Of course, the reasons are more clouded, possible reasons are: virtually no marketshare on the desktop, large fragmentation, or they simply see Linux as a competitor that they don't want to give momentum. Given that they do support Android, iOS, and macOS, my guess would be the former two.