Re: [PLUG] WIRE instead of Skypeforlinux...

2019-12-16 Thread elcaseti .
I forgot to mention that I trust the companies behind Signal & Wire a lot more than Skype (Microsoft). That is why I stopped using Skype years ago. On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 1:50 PM elcaseti . wrote: > Linphone has been around for years, & it still doesn't work. Signal > Private Messenger works

Re: [PLUG] WIRE instead of Skypeforlinux...

2019-12-16 Thread elcaseti .
Linphone has been around for years, & it still doesn't work. Signal Private Messenger works very well, & it's quite popular. I use it with friends and family every day. You do need to install Signal to a smartphone. Then you can use it on GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS. The desktop version only su

Re: [PLUG] WIRE instead of Skypeforlinux...

2019-12-16 Thread tomas . kuchta . lists
Just checking, based on your comments: Do you need Skype working or are you looking for an alternative? Most of us who need Skype need it to communicate with other people, and they are not going to switch - so that is that for us. Tomas On Mon, 2019-12-16 at 20:35 +, mich...@robinson-west.co

[PLUG] WIRE instead of Skypeforlinux...

2019-12-16 Thread michael
Is it open source and more featureful than Skype? There are apparently servers for WIRE in Switzerland, but it is encrypted in and from those servers? How about linphone? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo