Yeah, MS can have some pretty malicious practices. When they acquired Skype they *removed* the E2E encryption.
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 12:02 PM, R0b0t1 <r03...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > On Monday, November 27, 2017, Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku < > jigme.da...@datsemultimedia.com> wrote: > > Is Skype "largely unusable" on Gentoo? It feels like about 3 days ago I > > was forced to upgrade because "this version is no longer supported" and > > to upgrade I had to keyword the latest version. If this keeps > > happening, to me, this is broken. And I'm not sure if the problem is > > that we are so far behind, that when Microsoft removes support we only > > just barely meet the requirements, or if there is something I am missing. > > > > I *do* like to keep my computer updated, but unless I misunderstand (and > > it seems that Gentoo has changed a lot since I started using it about > > 15-20 years ago (I think)) stable is the recommended way to run the > > system unless you want to go into "here be pesky programmes" territory. > > When I started, even "stable" was a lot more work than previously used > > distributions, but with Gentoo, I've always felt that with Gentoo, while > > doing "basic stuff" can be more difficult, other distributions have > > always been "if it doesn't work out of the box, it's probably not that > > worth trying to figure it out." > > > > I still feel that getting things working in Gentoo is always "a bit of > > work" and if it "doesn't just work" it often still can be done without a > > whole lot more work. But having to upgrade in a "manual way" on > > approximately a weekly basis just to have functionality tells me that > > something is badly broken (and I don't feel it is Gentoo in this case, > > but I need to have some better understanding). > > > > I know, that when I was trying to figure out just "what was supported" I > > actually wasn't getting good information... > > > > If it is keyworded it is "supported" unless you are using very niche > software. This does not mean anyone will be able to help you fix things > quickly. > > Unstable packages typically run well. I routinely fix issues by using > unstable or even unkeyworded packages over the stable versions. Most issues > arise when stable and unstable packages interact, usually due to breaking > interface changes. So, paradoxically, an unstable (or testing) system can > be more stable than a stable system. > > If you fix an issue by using an unstable package you can request > stabilization. Sometimes people forget to do it. For a package like Skype, > though, I suspect it will be stabilized as soon as possible. > > Cheers, > R0b0t1