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Ask Slashdot: FOSS, Multiplatform Skype Replacement for PC-to-PC Video Chat?

Posted by timothy on from the really-long-cardboard-tube dept.

obarthelemy writes "Skype having just been borged, now may be a good time to hedge our bets and look for a replacement. I'm *not* looking for something that interfaces with POTS, but just a simple PC-to-PC video chat tool that is very easy to configure and use, reliable, multiplatform (my family has Windows, Linux, MacOS; iOS and Android would be nice extras), and has good video/voice quality. We're almost only skyping with each other. What would you recommend?"

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  1. Chatroulette or Omegle, obviously. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clearly, you want to be using Chatroulette or Omegle.

  2. What about Skype? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear Skype does everything you want. Perhaps you are dissastisfied with it because your microphone only recognizes oral communication and is unable to understand when you talk out your ass.

  3. You have it all wrong by Troke · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the perfect excuse to stop talking to your family.

  4. Re:Skype by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about QDOS? They bought it from Tim Paterson, renamed it, upgraded it over the next 20 years, added a GUI, then released Windows ME. Anybody who used Windows ME was screwed pretty hard.

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    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  5. Re:Oh noes, Microsoft! End of world! by concord · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft is no angel, but they aren't the devil either.

    Yeah, I mean ... at least they're not Apple.

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