Re: Anybody Skype users here?

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Juan R.D. Silva wrote: 
> I use Skype installed from Debian official repo.  A couple of days ago it
> refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into it, I
> found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and basically
> forces everyone to use Snap package instead.

I'm pretty sure that if MS removed the package, it was not a
Debian official repo.

> Skype is the only app I would need Snap for on my system. Unfortunately, I
> still need Skype and I do not see any alternative but to concede to MS (and
> Ubuntu?) brute coercion.
> 
> Any body installed Snap on their Debian system? Any problems with that
> thing? Any suggestions to use Skype otherwise?

Does it work through a browser?

Zoom works through a browser. Google Meet works through a
browser. MS Teams works through a browser. And Jitsi works
through a browser.

-dsr-