I just downloaded Jitsi from synaptic.
Like mYself told you, you should install the latest (2.8) version from
https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi/debian/
I'm completely lost, I don't understand a thing about where to register, and
why.
You need an XMPP account on any XMPP server. It is like email where you need
an email account on any email server to send/receive messages to/from any
other user.
I intend to write a short guide about making all these findings of mine about
privacy/anonymity/security simple to understand and apply.
And you use Skype (the worst ever) as soon as you face a difficulty?! If you
do not care about encryption (like Jitsi provides), you can use Firefox
Hello, which is shipped with Firefox/Abrowser/Iceweasel/etc. since version
34. It cannot be simpler: the software is already installed on most GNU/Linux
systems and there is no need to create an account. And it works very well
(including video chats with several interlocutors).
