Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-09 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Valaki Valahol wrote: > Hello... > > Ok Stefan, but what do You suggest instead of skype ? > Such a chat program that it has versions for all major > operating systems ? (Linux, MacOS, Win) > Use xmpp and it doesn't much matter which client you use. But Jitsi is a

RE: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-09 Thread Valaki Valahol
Hello... Ok Stefan, but what do You suggest instead of skype ? Such a chat program that it has versions for all major operating systems ? (Linux, MacOS, Win) Zoltan > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: monn...@iro.umontreal.ca > Subject: Re: Without SKYPE? > Date: Wed, 8

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> But can they talk to folks using SKYPE? I talk to folks using Skype every day. I don't use Skype myself, I try to convince them to switch to something else, but that doesn't prevent me from talking to them. Stefan ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-03 Thread Chris Davies
Brian wrote: > On Fri 03 May 2013 at 13:27:14 +0100, Chris Davies wrote: >> Brian wrote: >> > However, sip...@sipgate.co.uk works for phones registered with the >> > network (just like Skype). There is no connection established when the >> > call is from another network (again, just like Skype).

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 May 2013 at 13:27:14 +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Brian wrote: > > However, sip...@sipgate.co.uk works for phones registered with the > > network (just like Skype). There is no connection established when the > > call is from another network (again, just like Skype). > > This restricti

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-03 Thread Chris Davies
Brian wrote: > However, sip...@sipgate.co.uk works for phones registered with the > network (just like Skype). There is no connection established when the > call is from another network (again, just like Skype). This restriction was put in place by Sipgate to stop VoIP SPAM. There's no reason wh

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 May 2013 at 09:40:57 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 5/2/13 11:08 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > Users on SIP-network-X can only communicate with SIP-network-Y is not an > > unknown situation. How does that differ from Skype? > > I haven't run into that yet. Which SIP networks are to be avoi

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-03 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Jeu 2 mai 2013 21:23, Kelly Clowers a écrit : > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Doug wrote: > >> On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote: >> >>> >>> There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. >>> Jitsi is >>> quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-03 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Ven 3 mai 2013 0:08, Brian a écrit : > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 13:46:50 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Brian wrote: >> >>> >>> We are in agreement. If you want to get in touch with somone on the >>> Skype network then the Skype software has to be used somewhere

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-03 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 09:10:51PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 21:48:11 +0200, Slavko wrote: > > > Dňa 02.05.2013 21:24 Brian wrote / napísal(a): > > > I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype spoftware* to > > > conect with the Skype network? > > > > Please, read

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Lars Noodén
On 5/2/13 11:40 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 16:22:55 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > >> On 5/2/2013 16:14, Brian wrote: >>> On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:28:08 -0400, staticsafe wrote: >>> On 5/2/2013 15:24, Brian wrote: > > I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype s

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Lars Noodén
On 5/2/13 11:08 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 22:20:28 +0300, Lars Nooden wrote: > >> On Thu, 2 May 2013, Doug wrote: >> >>> On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote: There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is quite useful. These are all SIP p

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 13:46:50 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > We are in agreement. If you want to get in touch with somone on the > > Skype network then the Skype software has to be used somewhere along the > > line. > > As far as I can tell yo

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 12:31:01 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:13:51 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > > > >> On 5/2/2013 15:10, Brian wrote: > >> > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 19:25:57 +0100, Nuno Magalhăes wrote: > >> > > >> >> Since y

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 16:22:55 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > >> On 5/2/2013 16:14, Brian wrote: >> > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:28:08 -0400, staticsafe wrote: >> > >> >> On 5/2/2013 15:24, Brian wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I did. How does it allow someone not run

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 16:22:55 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > On 5/2/2013 16:14, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:28:08 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > > > >> On 5/2/2013 15:24, Brian wrote: > >>> > >>> I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype spoftware* to > >>> conect with the Sk

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Chris Davies
Andr? Nunes Batista wrote: > There are many voip softwares available and ekiga may be the most > prominent. Although not the ideal from a free software perspective, you > can also use a plugin to access skype network through pidgin. The Pidgin plugin uses the Skype application to do this, though.

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread staticsafe
On 5/2/2013 16:14, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:28:08 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > >> On 5/2/2013 15:24, Brian wrote: >>> >>> I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype spoftware* to >>> conect with the Skype network? >>> >>> >> >> It doesn't. The Skype protocol is proprietar

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:28:08 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > On 5/2/2013 15:24, Brian wrote: > > > > I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype spoftware* to > > conect with the Skype network? > > > > > > It doesn't. The Skype protocol is proprietary. Really! :) So XMPP isn't in th

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 21:48:11 +0200, Slavko wrote: > Dňa 02.05.2013 21:24 Brian wrote / napísal(a): > > I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype spoftware* to > > conect with the Skype network? > > Please, read carefully all the previous posts. The explanation is there. I did. A

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 22:20:28 +0300, Lars Nooden wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2013, Doug wrote: > > > On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote: > > > There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is > > > quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each >

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Slavko
Dňa 02.05.2013 21:24 Brian wrote / napísal(a): > I did. How does it allow someone not running the *Skype spoftware* to > conect with the Skype network? Please, read carefully all the previous posts. The explanation is there. regards -- Slavko http://slavino.sk signature.asc Description: Ope

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:13:51 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > >> On 5/2/2013 15:10, Brian wrote: >> > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 19:25:57 +0100, Nuno Magalhăes wrote: >> > >> >> Since you didn't clarify what you mean by "alternative to Skype", i'll >> >> go w

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread staticsafe
On 5/2/2013 15:24, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:13:51 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > >> On 5/2/2013 15:10, Brian wrote: >>> On Thu 02 May 2013 at 19:25:57 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: >>> Since you didn't clarify what you mean by "alternative to Skype", i'll go with XMPP. >>> >>>

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 15:13:51 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > On 5/2/2013 15:10, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 19:25:57 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > > > >> Since you didn't clarify what you mean by "alternative to Skype", i'll > >> go with XMPP. > > > > It is the OP who needs to clarify w

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Doug wrote: > On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote: >> >> There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is >> quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each >> other, not locked into a single company like Skype.

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Lars Nooden
On Thu, 2 May 2013, Doug wrote: > On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote: > > There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is > > quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each > > other, not locked into a single company like Skype. > > > > Rega

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Doug
On 05/02/2013 12:29 PM, Lars Nooden wrote: There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each other, not locked into a single company like Skype. Regards, /Lars But can they talk to folks using SKYPE?

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread staticsafe
On 5/2/2013 15:10, Brian wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2013 at 19:25:57 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > >> Since you didn't clarify what you mean by "alternative to Skype", i'll >> go with XMPP. > > It is the OP who needs to clarify what he wants. My view is clear: there > is no alternative to Skype in t

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 19:25:57 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Since you didn't clarify what you mean by "alternative to Skype", i'll > go with XMPP. It is the OP who needs to clarify what he wants. My view is clear: there is no alternative to Skype in the software field. It reigns supreme. If you

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Since you didn't clarify what you mean by "alternative to Skype", i'll go with XMPP. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CADqA9ua8CdfY436y=4mo5m46opymn4zk

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 19:29:15 +0300, Lars Nooden wrote: > There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is > quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each > other, not locked into a single company like Skype. All these SIP phones may very well

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2013 at 18:24:02 +0200, Alex Padoly wrote: > I would like to know if there is a light and reliable alternative to Skype. > Thanks you for your answers and your experiences. You are asking about an alternative to the Skype software which will allow you to communicate with other peopl

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread André Nunes Batista
There are many voip softwares available and ekiga may be the most prominent. Although not the ideal from a free software perspective, you can also use a plugin to access skype network through pidgin. -- -- André Nunes Batista --- Begin Message --- Hi, I would like to know if there is a light

Re: Without SKYPE?

2013-05-02 Thread Lars Nooden
There are Blink, Linphone, Ekiga, Jitsi, and maybe a few others. Jitsi is quite useful. These are all SIP phones so they can all talk to each other, not locked into a single company like Skype. Regards, /Lars -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject