I too supply random B-dates and location if required. This is in a hope that it will prevent matching me to the other clones.
Do not forget to note the random personal bits and pieces as to be able to complete later "security" challenges. I use KDE, so I need to configure the sound device priorities for communication apps correctly. Without that the sound/mic would not come out of the headset. Occasionally, when the sound does not work, I resort to pavucontrol to select the right sound device routing. Other than that things just work for me .... beside having too low volume and not realizing it, the terrible not-intuitive user interface.... -T On Oct 17, 2017 10:38 AM, "David Barr" <daf...@dafydd.com> wrote: The data of my birth was within weeks of the Unix Epoch. I generally use that date when I don't feel my actual birthdate would be relevant or useful. Just another option... David > On Oct 16, 2017, at 5:43 PM, Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote: > > I've had some spare time lately and have been working on getting Ubuntu > MATE working to my satisfaction on a second machine I got months ago at > ENU (RIP). I am required by the company I do work for to have Skype > running. On my old machine, running Ubuntu 14,04, I have Skype 4.3. It > still works just fine, although I don't know if that will continue. On > the new machine, I had Skype for Linux beta installed. When I tried to > run it today a window popped up apologizing that it was no longer > supported. It had a link to a page that only provided the same version. > > In frustration, I tried to install the Windows version of Skype on my > virtual Win7. It only gets as far as a page requiring that I enter my > birthday. There's no opt out available. I have a philosophical aversion > to companies requiring personal information that I don't think they > need, and don't want to give them. > > Anyone else using Skype and running into restrictions? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- David - Offbeat http://pgp.mit.edu/ dafydd - Online 0xda3f18449337d6b5 ----5----1----5----2----5----3----5----4----5----5----5----6----5----7-- Dr. Viktor Frankenstein entered into a body building competition only to find he has seriously misunderstood the objective. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
