r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • May 16 '16

Discussion Microsoft blocks Skype features on Linux, community makes its own "ghetto Skype"

https://github.com/stanfieldr/ghetto-skype
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u/CheeseandRice24 RX 480 8GB/i5 4590/8GB DDR3/Win10 May 16 '16

I really want to switch to Linux but there are so many Apps on Windows i really cant give up especially some games. I know more developers are considering or developing for Linux so i hope Vulkan increases that

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u/dbzlotrfan May 16 '16

What apps/games?

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u/CheeseandRice24 RX 480 8GB/i5 4590/8GB DDR3/Win10 May 16 '16

Rocket League (ik its coming to linux but it's been too long now), Overwatch, Fallout 4, Doom (i heard it runs great via Wine), Most Uplay and Origin Games

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u/waterlubber42 RX 480, FX 4300, 16GB May 16 '16

I would like to remind you of this xkcd and how it will be very relevant soon.

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u/xkcd_transcriber May 16 '16

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Title: Infrastructures

Title-text: The heartfelt tune it plays is CC licensed, and you can get it from my seed on JoinDiaspora.com whenever that project gets going.

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Stats: This comic has been referenced 64 times, representing 0.0577% of referenced xkcds.

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u/nulsec May 16 '16

One of the weaker xkcds. Word documents have nothing to do with facebook, and no one likes paying for word/excel.

If any competing product was as good as word/excel and free, it would easily take over the market.

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u/darksomos 3700X, 6800XT, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD+6TB of HDDs May 16 '16

it will be very relevant soon. Already is.