On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
mk-lists@email.de wrote:
I am wondering whether KTp is actually already an alternative to Skype these days…
Any VoIP solution is an alternative, it's only a matter of who you want to talk to :-(
That is a real "gotcha". If the majority of your contacts are using Skype (on Windows/OSX/Android)... you're a bit stuck. There is a 3rd party implementation of a Skype plugin for Pidgin: http://userbase.kde.org/Telepathy#How_do_I_add_a_Skype_Account which can be used with Telepathy. I've tried it a while ago. It kind of worked, but at the time I could only do text chat... so didn't see the point of using it since I still "needed" the full Skype client installed to do voice/video. That may have changed in the time since.. worth a try maybe? One alternative client that some people (in my circles at least) are starting to use is Viber. There is a desktop client for Linux (DEB only, but it converts cleanly to RPM with alien) so you can link your mobile Viber account to the desktop client. Call quality on the Viber network isn't as good as Skype though, and the client has issues - it has trouble with Pulse assigned devices (randomly disconnecting the headset microphone for example), and if you're using Gnome, the tray icon tends to do it's own thing at random (popping out and parking on the desktop)... it works reasonably OK in KDE though. C -- openSUSE 13.1 x86_64, KDE 4.13 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org