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
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 codehttps://github.com/savoirfairelinux/ring-project, and write your own enhancements 😉
cheers,
Ian.
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Peter Reutemann