Re: [OT] [politics] Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-10 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 09 August 2014 21:42:32 Iain M Conochie wrote: > I find it interesting that you feel more in control of a privately > funded corporation than a legitimate arm of a sovereign government. It > is obvious what the NSA want to do (snoop), I'm not so sure what google > want to do. > > Almost

[OT] [politics] Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-09 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 03/08/14 00:21, Joel Rees wrote: Google has too much money and is out of control. The NSA has too much money and is out of our control. I find it interesting that you feel more in control of a privately funded corporation than a legitimate arm of a sovereign government. It is obvious wha

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-07 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Mark Carroll wrote: > Bret Busby writes: > >> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >> wrote: >>> On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > At least that you've noticed. (-: A persistently irritating problem with > both Skype

Re: Australian law was: Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Joel Rees
Well, now maybe I can find a place to sort of drag this thread back almost on topic for the list. On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 4/08/2014 9:04 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Monday 04 August 2014 09:44:31 Andrew McGlashan wrote: >>> I wonder about Kirby myself. To me,

Re: Australian law was: Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 4/08/2014 9:04 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 August 2014 09:44:31 Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> I wonder about Kirby myself. To me, it shouldn't be the court deciding >> a matter of fact via *their* opinion. If the law says "xa" and the >> opinion says "xb" ... then it is up to the parliam

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Curt
On 2014-08-04, Bret Busby wrote: > > I think that this sub-thread has digressed from both the original > post, and, from the nature of the mailing list, too far. > No shit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 August 2014 10:08:59 Bret Busby wrote: > I disagree with you on a number of points, but, I believe, it would be > inappropriate to further discuss these points, in this thread, and, on > this list. Good for you and sorry. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Australian law was: Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 August 2014 09:44:31 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > I wonder about Kirby myself.  To me, it shouldn't be the court deciding > a matter of fact via *their* opinion.  If the law says "xa" and the > opinion says "xb" ... then it is up to the parliament to correct the > situation if it is fault

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > On 04/08/2014, Joel Rees wrote: >> [...] >> > > Yeah, okay. > > But, some people with whom I have communicated, do not want others to > see them, when they are talking to them. > > And, to me, Skype was a wonderful facility - video calls are a >

use of video w/skype [was: Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7]

2014-08-04 Thread ken
On 08/04/2014 01:36 AM Bret Busby wrote: How many different people do you want to be able to video chat with? >What's your purpose? Figure out what you want to do, and you probably >don't need skype at all. > Relatives and acquaintances (for me), would be good, and, some people of whom I have no

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Bret Busby
On 04/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi Bret, > > On 3/08/2014 8:47 PM, Bret Busby wrote: Actually we are subject to a bill of rights, see here: http://www.clrg.info/2011/02/validity-of-bill-of-rights-1688/ >>> That applies only to Victoria - I believe that, like motor vehicle >

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi Bret, On 3/08/2014 8:47 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >>> Actually we are subject to a bill of rights, see here: >>> http://www.clrg.info/2011/02/validity-of-bill-of-rights-1688/ >>> >> That applies only to Victoria - I believe that, like motor vehicle >> roadworthiness testing, human rights legislatio

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Bret Busby
On 04/08/2014, Joel Rees wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 03/08/2014, Joel Rees wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Bret Busby wrote: On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: >> >> >> >>> And the reas

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread mett
On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 03:05:28 -0400 Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Bret Busby > wrote: > > > > I have found, in the last day, that Microsoft has apparently > > cancelled Skype access for versions of Debian before 7.x. > > > > With the error message that I encountered, with my Skype

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Joel Rees wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Bret Busby wrote: >>> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >>> wrote: On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: > > > >> And the reason I decided to respond was to ask your reason fo

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 05:30:47 +1000 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > There is no substitute for Skype (either the software or the > > service) whether it be open or closed source, > > What about Google Han

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Mark Carroll
Bret Busby writes: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > wrote: >> On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: >>> On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> There is no substitute for Skype (either the software or the service) >>> whether it be open or closed source, >> >> What about Goo

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Microsoft and Google are great big US companies ... that's a problem > just to start with; the US Government or any of their agents can easily > destroy all your privacy any time they like. Are you assuming US companies only gangrape your

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > wrote: >> On 3/08/2014 6:46 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >>> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >>> wrote: On 3/08/2014 9:21 AM, Joel Rees wrote: >> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >> > >> >>> And, in terms of party polit

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 3/08/2014 6:46 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >> wrote: >>> On 3/08/2014 9:21 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > >> I do not have a smart phone - I have an "Oldies Phone" - an unblocked >> Telstra

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 3/08/2014 6:46 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > wrote: >> On 3/08/2014 9:21 AM, Joel Rees wrote: On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > I do not have a smart phone - I have an "Oldies Phone" - an unblocked > Telstra EasyCall, with decent sized buttons, made in Taiwan,

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > wrote: >> In terms of hardware, I don't want any fingerprint readers, nor do I >> want any other unwanted spying /tools/ to be available to the spooks. >> Anything with Intel inside is also suspect for similar reasons to the

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 3/08/2014 9:21 AM, Joel Rees wrote: >>> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >>> wrote: > If you have a smart phone, chances are it is Android (Google owned IP > and control) or iOS (Apple owned IP and control). Even if you have a > Linux based phone (oth

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 3/08/2014 9:21 AM, Joel Rees wrote: >> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >> wrote: >>> What about Google Hangouts? That might be a reasonable substitute >>> >> Google? That is even more sinister than the NSA, isn't it? The NSA >> doesn't drive around suburbia, filming everyone in their yard

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > There must be an alternative to Skype. > > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fed-up-with-skype-here-are-6-of-the-best-free-alternatives/ In theory but not in practice - unless you want to use one of the above and talk to yourself. -- To UN

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-03 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > > I have found, in the last day, that Microsoft has apparently cancelled > Skype access for versions of Debian before 7.x. > > With the error message that I encountered, with my Skype 2.2 (beta) > running on Debian 6, I went to the Skype web site

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Paul Ausbeck
What is the difference between Microsoft insisting that Bret upgrade from Debian 6 to 7 and other Debian users insisting that Bret upgrade from Debian 6 to 7. Don't Debians know why they don't like Microsoft? !systemd, !systemd, !systemd On 8/2/2014 4:55 PM, Bret Busby wrote: On 03/08/2014, J

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 06:42:38AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > wrote: > > On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: > >> On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > >> There is no substitute for Skype (either the software or the service) > >> whether it be

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread AW
Unfortunately, software has bugs. Some of these bugs are probably very bad. I don't work for Microsoft, and I don't use Skype. In fact, I haven't used a Microsoft product in many years --- and I would refuse to use one now mostly on principle However, I wouldn't be too surprised that there's

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/08/2014, AW wrote: >> > > > >> So, for many users a Skype client is necessary... unless Microsoft >> decided to work on making Skype fully interoperable with other SIP >> servers. Although, I somehow doubt this would ever happen. >> >> But... To the OP..

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, AW wrote: > > So, for many users a Skype client is necessary... unless Microsoft > decided to work on making Skype fully interoperable with other SIP > servers. Although, I somehow doubt this would ever happen. > > But... To the OP... Debian 6 is no longer a supported version. >

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Joel Rees wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >> wrote: >>> On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: > And the reason I decided to respond was to ask your reason for not > wanting to use wheezy. Or, rather, if your reason is m

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread AW
I've tried linphone once or twice. The basic issue with SIP phones is that it's not really possible to jump networks. It's kind of like a cellphone network where you can only dial other subscribers of the same network. http://en.flossmanuals.net/linphone/ So, for many users a Skype client is ne

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Any experiences with linphone, an open source, multi-platform alternative? > -- > Regards, > jvp. > > Hello. Yes - I tried that, to connect with another person using Linux, and it did not work. Queries were posted to the Linphone list, in February last

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan > wrote: >> On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: >>> On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> There is no substitute for Skype (either the software or the service) >>> whether it be open or close

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Any experiences with linphone, an open source, multi-platform alternative? -- Regards, jvp. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/lrjr2q$d46$1...@ger.gman

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > >> Hello. >> >> I have found, in the last day, that Microsoft has apparently cancelled >> Skype access for versions of Debian before 7.x. > > How did you find out? (Please excuse the verbose and convoluted mat

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: >> On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> There is no substitute for Skype (either the software or the service) >> whether it be open or closed source, > > What about Google Hangouts? That might be a r

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/08/2014, Stephen Maxwell wrote: > > Hello, > > There was an email sent out by Skype within the last couple of weeks which > stated that I was using an old version of skype that would cease to function > if I > did not update (deleted the email). > I did not receive that email message. Belo

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 3/08/2014 4:39 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > There is no substitute for Skype (either the software or the service) > whether it be open or closed source, What about Google Hangouts? That might be a reasonable substitute I haven't used Skype

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Stephen Maxwell
Hello, There was an email sent out by Skype within the last couple of weeks which stated that I was using an old version of skype that would cease to function if I did not update (deleted the email). The below post on the Skype blog states "So everyone can benefit from the latest improvemen

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Aug 2014 at 01:29:57 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have found, in the last day, that Microsoft has apparently cancelled > Skype access for versions of Debian before 7.x. How did you find out? > With the error message that I encountered, with my Skype 2.2 (beta) > running on

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > Insofar as I am aware, no open source equivalent, that works, is > available for Debian 6. Of skype?! Don't think so, no. I guess you can always chroot it. Or try ubuntu packages. I doubt M$ will put any efforts in releasing non-Windows versions

Re: Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 08/02/2014 02:29 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > I have found, in the last day, that Microsoft has apparently cancelled > Skype access for versions of Debian before 7.x. > > With the error message that I encountered, with my Skype 2.2 (beta) > running on Debian 6, I went to the Skype web site, and found

Skype access cancelled for Debian versions before 7

2014-08-02 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I have found, in the last day, that Microsoft has apparently cancelled Skype access for versions of Debian before 7.x. With the error message that I encountered, with my Skype 2.2 (beta) running on Debian 6, I went to the Skype web site, and found that they have cancelled access for all bu