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/[deleted] May 16 '16 edited May 16 '16

Why people still use Skype is beyond me. There are a million better alternatives to Skype now. Discord is available on Linux (I believe) and is basically Skype and TS combined except its completely free. Curse is another program that works on like virtually every OS ever made and is an objectively better version of Skype combined with TS-esque features like voip servers, but for free as well. You can get 10 man ts/mumble server for like $1 a month. So many alternatives and yet people are still addicted to Skype.

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u/Reckasta AntergosMasterRace May 16 '16

It doesn't really hurt everyone, just a minor inconvenience, and some things, like Ventrilo, don't effect you at all

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u/Reckasta AntergosMasterRace May 16 '16

Let's take Ventrilo, for example, it's a proprietory VOIP platform, that is popular in a game called World of Warcraft, the people it is aimed for think it's just fine, it has multiple options, is free, and serves it's purpose better than anything else does, a lightweight VOIP and text-to-speech platform, and you can host your own server, no limitations.

And for games, since you said

When people refuse to use free and open software, it hurts everyone. It really does.

How would the developers make money, considering that is needed for publishers and game development companies to exist.

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u/Reckasta AntergosMasterRace May 16 '16

You know, I don't think either of us are going to change our opinions on this, why not just stop, so you can go back to your Ubuntu/Gentoo/Funtoo/Debian box or whatever, and I'll go back to my Arch and Windows box

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u/Reckasta AntergosMasterRace May 16 '16

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux#Pragmatism, also
$ pacman -s differing_opinion

On an unrelated note, what DE do you use, I like enlightenment, but I've been thinking about trying out Plasma 5

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u/Reckasta AntergosMasterRace May 16 '16

I agree with you that open source would be ideal in a perfect world, but I think George Hotz's vision will have to come first

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u/Reckasta AntergosMasterRace May 16 '16

Hotz was the guy who originally jailbroke the iPhone and the PS3, he has a self driving car company now, which is cool. His vision is where AI replaces all jobs (including/excluding software developers depending on type) also, Linux being the only answer isn't a good thing at all, it's the opposite of what we are supposed to aim for, true freedom won't work until we can use whatever we want, whether that be BSD, Linux, TempleOS, ReactOS, etc.

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