On Sunday 02 March 2025 19:33:57 Gianluca Interlandi via tde-users wrote:
Thanks Bill. I will look into those. It is important to mention, as has been reported here and I just found out, that skype will be "killed" on May 5. So there is no requirement that any application would work with skype. Good to know about linphone as a pay voice over IP. I often call Europe and international calls are expensive with US plans.
I did see the bit about Skype being killed; which doesn't break my heart, as it was proprietary, anyway. But the song remains the same, which is how to get a GNU/Linux free/libre application to work with proprietary software like Skype, or whatever will replace Skype as the application used by "most people" who aren't Linux geeks who wish to remain free (as in freedom), as well as not to spend too much money.
I think that today for informal (non-businness) calls, Google Meet and whatsapp have become very popular.
Gianluca
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