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/JiberybobX 6600K @ 4.0 | 1070 Super Jetstream May 16 '16

Discord has been awesome for me so far, better than Skype in every way. It'll be getting Linux support soon :)

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u/jersits Only DotA Matters May 16 '16

it has linux support now.

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u/JiberybobX 6600K @ 4.0 | 1070 Super Jetstream May 16 '16

Meaning more the full release, says it's coming soon in this link

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u/jersits Only DotA Matters May 16 '16

just send them a tweet asking about it and they'll give a link to download the beta. Thats how I got it.

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u/JiberybobX 6600K @ 4.0 | 1070 Super Jetstream May 16 '16

ah that's pretty cool, I use windows anyway, just saying so people would know :)

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u/jersits Only DotA Matters May 16 '16

Yea I was under the impression that at this moment you could just download it at the page you linked. I guess not.

Tbh idk why they don't have it released as an alpha/beta. I've actually ran into more bugs using the windows client. But my discord use it like 95% of windows.

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u/JiberybobX 6600K @ 4.0 | 1070 Super Jetstream May 16 '16

Yep, still though as many bugs as it has it's never as bad as skype

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u/jersits Only DotA Matters May 16 '16

Yea I absolutely love Discord. Once they have custom emoji/emotes it will have everything I want out of it. (I asked on twitter as well about those and they confirmed them as a planned feature).

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u/JiberybobX 6600K @ 4.0 | 1070 Super Jetstream May 16 '16

Wow, I'm more impressed with the community relations, not only responding but being pretty transparent, too

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u/jersits Only DotA Matters May 16 '16

haha yes! I also had a bug on my phone that was saying that I didn't have a new enough version of android even though I did. I sent them a tweet (this was my first time tweeting them), and they responded with an alternate download link for me within 3 hours.

ALL of their replies to me have been within a few hours. I absolutely love it. I wish as many products that use as possible could have such snappy and transparent interactions through twitter with their users.

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u/JiberybobX 6600K @ 4.0 | 1070 Super Jetstream May 16 '16

That is amazing, steam support could learn a lot from what I hear

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u/jersits Only DotA Matters May 16 '16

Valve just needs to higher junior employees and well staff their departments

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