Install Ring, a FOSS VOIP Skype alternative
'If you ask just about any Linux user, they'll agree that Skype is pretty terrible. There's not a whole lot to like there, especially since the Linux client is just a poorly maintained wrapper for the web app. There have been several attempts to create a free and open source alternative to Skype, but none have been as polished or complete as Ring. ' -- source: https://linuxconfig.org/install-ring-a-foss-voip-skype-alternative -- screenshots: https://ring.cx/en#screenshots Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 08:59:14 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'There have been several attempts to create a free and open source alternative to Skype, but none have been as polished or complete as Ring. '
Already in Debian: <https://packages.debian.org/stretch/ring>, <https://packages.debian.org/stretch/ring-daemon>, homepage <https://ring.cx/>.
Already in Debian: <https://packages.debian.org/stretch/ring>,
Also already in Ubuntu 17.04 but its version is dated 26 Dec 2016. Whereas if you follow the install at... https://ring.cx/en/download/gnu-linux ...you will get the version dated 8 Sep 2017. I don't seem to be able to find any mention of api's into this Ring application??? On the Skype main menu you can select: "skype" --> "options" --> "public api" --> "Allowed programs" and enter a program name to be authorised to access the api. There is also the python2 application Skype4Py, which allows you to write a python program to use this api. However Skype4Py hasn't been updated for over 4 years, and has not been ported for use with python3. As Ring is open source, maybe the idea is that you download the source code<https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/ring-project>, and write your own enhancements 😉 cheers, Ian.
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